Increasing perceptions of disease vulnerability through imagery

Journal of the American College Health Association

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 227-234

  Depalma, Mary Turner ^a   McCall, Michael ^a   English, Gary ^a  

^a ITHACA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Availability heuristic; Gender; Imagery; Theory application; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; IMAGINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0029979328     PISSN: 07448481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07448481.1996.9937536     Document Type: Article

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