Using implicit associations towards fruit consumption to understand fruit consumption behaviour and habit strength relationships

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 479-489

  De Bruijn, Gert Jan ^a   Keer, Mario ^a   Conner, Mark ^b   Rhodes, Ryan E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

fruit consumption; habit strength; IAT; implicit attitude

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860460433     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105311421049     Document Type: Article

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