Unrealistic optimism and the health belief model

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 367-376

  Clarke, V A ^a,b   Lovegrove, Hildegarde ^b   Williams, Amanda ^a   Machperson, Michelle ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Anti Cancer Council of Victoria   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Health Belief Model; Optimistic bias; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; PERCEPTION; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCREENING TEST; TELEPHONE; WELLBEING;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0033868581     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005500917875     Document Type: Article

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