Drench effects of media portrayal of fatal virus disease on health locus of control beliefs

Health Communication

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 187-204

  Mo Bahk, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROL; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MORTALITY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTION; PSYCHOLOGY;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRAMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MASS MEDIA; PERCEPTION; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; UNITED STATES; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 0035223901     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327027hc1302_4     Document Type: Article

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