Chicken soup really is good for the soul: "Comfort food" fulfills the need to belong

Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 747-753

  Troisi, Jordan D ^a   Gabriel, Shira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

food; loneliness; social cognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONELINESS; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AFFECT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONELINESS; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958167556     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611407931     Document Type: Article

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