"The Mind Is Willing, but the Flesh Is Weak": The Effects of Mind-Body Dualism on Health Behavior

Psychological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1239-1245

  Forstmann, Matthias ^a   Burgmer, Pascal ^a   Mussweiler, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

attitudes; beliefs; health; health behavior; health related attitudes; mind body dualism; priming; social cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867650834     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797612442392     Document Type: Article

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