Don't tell me what i should do, but what others do: The influence of descriptive and injunctive peer norms on fruit consumption in adolescents

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 52-64

  Stok, F Marijn ^a   De Ridder, Denise T D ^a   De Vet, Emely ^a   De Wit, John B F ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PEER GROUP; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; PEER GROUP; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CONFORMITY;

EID: 84891850417     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: 20448287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjhp.12030     Document Type: Article

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