Motivations to eat: Scale development and validation

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 297-318

  Jackson, Benita ^a   Cooper, M Lynne ^b   Mintz, Laurie ^b   Albino, Austin ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 0043207552     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-6566(02)00574-3     Document Type: Article

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