Indoor lighting preferences and bulimic behavior: An individual differences approach

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 383-400

  Kasof, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Binge eating; Bulimia; Disinhibition; Lighting preference; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344582258     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(01)00023-X     Document Type: Article

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