Parental attachment insecurity predicts child and adult high-caloric food consumption

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 511-524

  Faber, Aida ^a   Dubé, Laurette ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

adults; attachment; children; eating; food consumption; insecurity; obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; CHILD; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84930695117     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105315573437     Document Type: Article

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