Do self-help interventions in health education lead to cognitive changes, and do cognitive changes lead to behavioural change?

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 121-134

  Dijkstra, Arie ^a   de Vries, Hein ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SELF HELP; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 0035016419     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135910701169106     Document Type: Article

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