The gender-based stereotype about food is on the table: Food choice also depends on co-eater's gender

Psicologia Sociale

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 161-171

  Cavazza, Nicoletta ^a   Guidetti, Margherita ^a   Butera, Fabrizio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Eating behavior; Gender based stereotype about food; Impression management; Self presentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942329212     PISSN: 18272517     EISSN: 26122006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1482/80763     Document Type: Article

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