The effects of source credibility and message framing on exercise intentions, behaviors, and attitudes: An integration of the elaboration likelihood model and prospect theory

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 179-196

  Jones, Lee W ^a   Sinclair, Robert C ^b   Courneya, Kerry S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Oraclepoll Research Ltd   (Canada)

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EID: 0037217039     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2003.tb02078.x     Document Type: Article

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