Emotional eating moderates the relationship between implicit measures of attitudes and chocolate consumption

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 317-325

  Ayres, Karen ^a   Prestwich, Andrew ^a   Conner, Mark ^a   Smith, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DEBQ; Emotional eating; Implicit measures, attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053108660     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: 10990984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.793     Document Type: Article

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