Food and Life, Pleasure and Worry, Among American College Students: Gender Differences and Regional Similarities

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 132-141

  Rozin, Paul ^a   Bauer, Rebecca ^a   Catanese, Dana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; FOOD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

AFFECT; ANXIETY; BODY MASS INDEX; CULTURE; FEMALE; FOOD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141530926     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.85.1.132     Document Type: Article

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