The role of sociocognitive mediators in the beliefs-intentions relationship: Snacking behavior

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 711-720

  Shahanjarini, Akram Karimi ^a   Rashidian, Arash ^a   Majdzadeh, Reza ^a   Omidvar, Nasrin ^b   Shojaeezadeh, Davood ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Belief constructs; Snacking; Theory of planned behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953448085     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2010.38.5.711     Document Type: Article

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