Motivation for weight loss affects recall from autobiographical memory in dieters

Memory

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-83

  Johannessen, Kim Berg ^a   Berntsen, Dorthe ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Current concerns; Motivation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; BODY MASS; CLOTHING; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DIET; EMOTION; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMAN; IDENTITY; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WORD LIST RECALL; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIET, REDUCING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT LOSS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149394318     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658210802555616     Document Type: Article

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