The pull of the past: When do habits persist despite conflict with motives?

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1428-1437

  Neal, David T ^a   Wood, Wendy ^a   Wu, Mengju ^b   Kurlander, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

attitudes; automatic processes; health; self regulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTITUDE; CONFLICT; CONTROL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; HABIT; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUNGER; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ATTITUDE; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CUES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HABITS; HUMANS; HUNGER; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MOTIVATION;

EID: 80052831996     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167211419863     Document Type: Article

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