Self-control and the self-regulation of dieting decisions: The role of prefactual attitudes, subjective norms, and resistance to temptation

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 199-213

  Bagozzi, Richard P ^a   Moore, David J ^b   Leone, Luigi ^c  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

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EID: 5644221736     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324834basp2602&3_7     Document Type: Article

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