Comparing thought suppression and acceptance as coping techniques for food cravings

Eating Behaviors

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 62-64

  Hooper, Nic ^a   Sandoz, Emily K ^b   Ashton, Jennifer ^c   Clarke, Amelia ^c   McHugh, Louise ^d  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^d SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Cravings; Defusion; Thought Suppression

Indexed keywords

ABSTINENCE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DIET RESTRICTION; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT CONTROL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRESSION, PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857926707     PISSN: 14710153     EISSN: 18737358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2011.10.002     Document Type: Article

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