Thought suppression in obese and non-obese restrained eaters: Piece of cake or forbidden fruit?

European Eating Disorders Review

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-76

  Soetens, Barbara ^a,b   Braet, Caroline ^a   Moens, Ellen ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dietary restraint; Thought control; Thought suppression

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PUNISHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONTROL; SOCIAL CONTROL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THINKING; BELGIUM; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LOW CALORY DIET; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; BELGIUM; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET, REDUCING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; THINKING;

EID: 38449101907     PISSN: 10724133     EISSN: 10990968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/erv.771     Document Type: Article

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