Implicit theories of body weight: Entity beliefs can weigh you down

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 410-422

  Burnette, Jeni L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

Author keywords

Dieting; Implicit theory; Motivation; Self regulation; Value expectancy theory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW CALORY DIET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF CONCEPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BODY WEIGHT; DIET, REDUCING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF EFFICACY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649264077     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167209359768     Document Type: Article

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