Fostering more sustainable food choices: Can Self-Determination Theory help?

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 35, Issue , 2014, Pages 59-69

  Schösler, Hanna ^a   de Boer, Joop ^b   Boersema, Jan J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Meat consumption; Motivation; Self Determination Theory; Sustainable food choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897658923     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2014.01.008     Document Type: Article

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