title: Social effects on duration in restaurants.
abstract: A nonreactive observational study in full-service restaurants showed group size to be positively correlated with length of stay. Among the serendipitous findings were the role of reading in lengthening duration and the paucity of lone diners in full-service restaurants.
authors.affiliation: Psychology Department, University of California, Davis, CA 95616-8686, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sommer
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Steele
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D011932:Reading; D012147:Restaurants; D013997:Time Factors