Personality, perceived appropriateness, and acknowledgement of social influences on food intake

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 87, Issue , 2015, Pages 110-115

  Spanos, Samantha ^a   Vartanian, Lenny R ^a   Herman, C Peter ^b   Polivy, Janet ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acknowledgement; Food intake; Norms; Personality traits; Social influence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938906114     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2015.07.034     Document Type: Article

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