I know what i know, but i will probably fail anyway: How learned helplessness moderates the knowledge calibration-dietary choice quality relationship

Psychology and Marketing

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1008-1028

  Hansen, Torben ^a   Thomsen, Thyra Uth ^a  

^a Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

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EID: 84885098271     PISSN: 07426046     EISSN: 15206793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mar.20663     Document Type: Article

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