Addressing cultural orientations in fear appeals: Promoting AIDS-protective behaviors among Mexican immigrant and African American adolescents and American and Taiwanese college students

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 335-358

  Murray Johnson, Lisa ^a   Witte, Kim ^b   Liu, Wen Ying ^c   Hubbell, Anne P ^d   Sampson, Joe ^e   Morrison, Kelly ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SHIH HSIN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Cornelia Connelly High School ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNOLOGY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEGRO; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PILOT PROJECTS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STUDENTS; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 0035496396     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/108107301317140823     Document Type: Article

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