Better moods for better eating?: How mood influences food choice

Journal of Consumer Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 320-335

  Gardner, Meryl P ^a   Wansink, Brian ^b   Kim, Junyong ^c   Park, Se Bum ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^d Department of Innovation and Entrepreneurial Marketing   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Healthy eating; Mood; Mood management; Temporal construal; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903121405     PISSN: 10577408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcps.2014.01.002     Document Type: Article

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