Too Impatient to Smell the Roses: Exposure to Fast Food Impedes Happiness

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 534-541

  House, Julian ^a   DeVoe, Sanford E ^a   Zhong, Chen Bo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

fast food; happiness; impatience; savoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901774263     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550613511498     Document Type: Article

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