Stress and emotional eating: The mediating role of eating dysregulation

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 66, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-4

  Tan, Cin Cin ^a   Chow, Chong Man ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

Author keywords

Eating dysregulation; Emotional eating; Mediation; Self regulation; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896479833     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2014.02.033     Document Type: Article

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