Message framing and sunscreen use: Gain-framed messages motivate beach- goers

Health Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 189-196

  Detweiler, Jerusha B ^b   Bedell, Brian T ^b   Salovey, Peter ^a   Pronin, Emily ^b   Rothman, Alexander J ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cancer prevention; Framing; Health behavior; Persuasion; Sunscreen use

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PROTECTION; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASHORE; SKIN CANCER; SUN EXPOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BATHING BEACHES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PAMPHLETS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; SUNSCREENING AGENTS;

EID: 0032993371     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.18.2.189     Document Type: Article

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