Associating a prototypical forbidden food item with guilt or celebration: Relationships with indicators of (un)healthy eating and the moderating role of stress and depressive symptoms

Psychology and Health

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 203-217

  Kuijer, Roeline G ^a   Boyce, Jessica A ^a   Marshall, Emma M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

chocolate; depressive symptoms; guilt; healthy eating; stress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CACAO; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD; GUILT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CACAO; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD; GUILT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84919843823     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2014.960414     Document Type: Article

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