Buffering against weight gain following dieting setbacks: An implicit theory intervention

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 721-725

  Burnette, Jeni L ^a   Finkel, Eli J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dieting setback; Implicit theory; Incremental belief; Intervention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858082379     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2011.12.020     Document Type: Article

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