Guarding against threatening HIV prevention messages: An information-processing model

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 780-795

  Blumberg, Stephen J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DENIAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; PREJUDICE; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SELF CONCEPT; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0034567523     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/109019810002700611     Document Type: Article

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