A multidimensional ambivalence model of chocolate craving: Construct validity and associations with chocolate consumption and disordered eating

Eating Behaviors

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-12

  Cartwright, Fiona ^a   Stritzke, Werner G K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ambivalence; Chocolate; Craving; Eating disorders; Guilt

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBIVALENCE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CACAO; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING DISORDER; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GUILT; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VALIDATION PROCESS; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY MASS INDEX; BULIMIA NERVOSA; CACAO; CANDY; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMANS; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 37349076495     PISSN: 14710153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2007.01.006     Document Type: Article

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