This research describes the development of the Health Regulatory Focus Scale (HRFS), which was designed to capture individual tendency to use avoidance or approach strategies during health goal pursuit. Scale development procedures confirmed the structure of the scale and validated its...

Martin and Tesser (1989) proposed a “rumination theory” to describe an unintentional and recurrent cognitive process where the individuals dwell on recurrent negative thoughts despite the absence of immediate environmental cueing. Their motivational approach presents rumination as a...

Comprendre la manière dont les consommateurs effectuent leurs choix nutritionnels est un enjeu important pour les pouvoirs publics et les acteurs de l’industrie agroalimentaire. La plupart des recherches qui ont eu pour objet d’étudier les choix nutritionnels se sont nourries du paradigme...

Understanding the decision process underlying consumers’ nutrition choice is crucial for public policy makers and food industry. Most published scientific research that focused on nutrition choice has been widely influenced by information-processing theory because of the importance of...

Martin and Tesser (1989) proposed a “rumination theory” to describe an unintentional and recurrent cognitive process where the individuals dwell on recurrent negative thoughts despite the absence of immediate environmental cueing. Their motivational approach presents rumination as a...