Effects of social influence on eating in couples, friends and strangers

Appetite

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 92-99

  Salvy, Sarah Jeanne ^a   Jarrin, Denise ^b   Paluch, Rocco ^a   Irfan, Numrah ^c   Pliner, Patricia ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eating; Free eating paradigm; Impression management; Social influences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRIEND; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADULT; APPETITE; EATING; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL FACILITATION;

EID: 34248578674     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2006.12.004     Document Type: Article

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