Need for affect, need for cognition, and the intention-fruit consumption relationship: An action-control perspective

Health Education Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 617-628

  De Bruijn, Gert Jan ^a   Keer, Mario ^a   Van Den Putte, Bas ^a   Neijens, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

action control; fruit consumption; intention behaviour gap; students; theory of planned behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; COGNITION; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERCEIVED BEHAVIOR CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT;

EID: 84865657954     PISSN: 00178969     EISSN: 17488176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0017896911409735     Document Type: Article

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