Intrinsic rewards, fruit and vegetable consumption, and habit strength: A three-wave study testing the associative-cybernetic model

Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 119-134

  Wiedemann, Amelie U ^a   Gardner, Benjamin ^b   Knoll, Nina ^a   Burkert, Silke ^c  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fruit and vegetable consumption; Habit; Intrinsic reward

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; FRUIT AND VEGETABLE CONSUMPTION; HABIT; HUMAN; INTRINSIC REWARD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; SELF CONCEPT; VEGETABLE; YOUNG ADULT;

FRUIT AND VEGETABLE CONSUMPTION; HABIT; INTRINSIC REWARD;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REWARD; SELF EFFICACY; VEGETABLES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895108226     PISSN: 17580846     EISSN: 17580854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aphw.12020     Document Type: Article

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