I'm watching you. Awareness that food consumption is being monitored is a demand characteristic in eating-behaviour experiments

Appetite

Volumn 83, Issue , 2014, Pages 19-25

  Robinson, Eric ^a   Kersbergen, Inge ^a   Brunstrom, Jeffrey M ^b   Field, Matt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Awareness; Demand characteristics; Eating behaviour; Experimenter effects; Laboratory methods

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; EXPERIMENTAL BEHAVIORAL TEST; FAST FOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MEAL; MONITORING; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAVOR; HUNGER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; TASTE; VIGNETTE; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EATING; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL BIAS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AWARENESS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHILD; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906495732     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2014.07.029     Document Type: Article

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