Parental Control and Junk-Food Consumption: A Mediating and Moderating Effect Analysis

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1241-1265

  Karimi Shahanjarini, Akram ^a   Rashidian, Arash ^b   Majdzadeh, Reza ^b   Omidvar, Nasrin ^c   Tabatabai, Mahmoud Ghazi ^d   Shojaeezadeh, Davood ^e  

^a HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^e TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

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EID: 84860990325     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2011.00885.x     Document Type: Article

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