Some middle school students want behavior commitment devices (but take-up does not affect their behavior)

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue FEB, 2018, Pages

  Robinson, Carly D ^a   Pons, Gonzalo A ^b   Duckworth, Angela L ^c   Rogers, Todd ^d  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral interventions; Commitment device; Eating behavior; Educational intervention; Self control; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 85042689396     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00206     Document Type: Article

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