Looking for the "right" amount to eat at the restaurant: Social influence effects when ordering

Social Influence

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 274-290

  Cavazza, Nicoletta ^a   Graziani, Anna Rita ^a   Guidetti, Margherita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Eating behavior; Group size effect; Implicit social norms; Self monitoring; Social facilitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859357141     PISSN: 15534510     EISSN: 15534529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15534510.2011.632130     Document Type: Article

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