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Why Do You Regulate What You Eat? Relationships Between Forms of Regulation, Eating Behaviors, Sustained Dietary Behavior Change, and Psychological Adjustment

Pelletier, Luc G., Dion, Stéphanie C., Slovinec-D'Angelo, Monika, Reid, Robert·2004·Motivation and Emotion

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Authors: Pelletier, L. G., Dion, S. C., Slovinec-D'Angelo, M., & Reid, R.
Affiliations: University of Ottawa (CA)
Corresponding author: Pelletier, Luc G.
ORCID: Pelletier, Luc G.
Reid, Robert
Venue: Motivation and Emotion
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2004-09
Volume: 28
Issue: 3
Pages: 245-277
ISSN: 0146-7239 (ISSN-L)
1573-6644
DOI: 10.1023/b:moem.0000040154.40922.14
OpenAlex: W1983546562
Cited by: 390
References: 64
Citations by year: 2026: 11 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 26 · 2023: 32 · 2022: 20 · 2021: 22 · 2020: 25 · 2019: 30 · 2018: 23 · 2017: 17 · 2016: 20 · 2015: 30 · 2014: 23 · 2013: 15 · 2012: 18
FWCI: 6.65
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.springernature.com/gp/researchers/text-and-data-mining (tdm)
www.springernature.com/gp/researchers/text-and-data-mining (vor)
Locations: Motivation and Emotion (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Behavioral Health and Interventions
Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
Keywords: food intake regulation, autonomous motivation, controlled motivation, self-determination theory, dietary behavior change, healthy eating, dysfunctional eating, psychological adjustment, coronary artery disease risk, serum lipids, weight change, scale development

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