Relationship between types of food choice motives and well-being among young and middle-aged Chinese adults

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2020, Pages 369-378

  Gong, Yanping ^a   Li, Jian ^a   Xie, Julan ^a   Tan, Yuxuan ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

latent profile analysis; life satisfaction; mental health; types of food choice motives; well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 85079856063     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijcs.12573     Document Type: Article

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