Planning and self-efficacy in the adoption and maintenance of breast self-examination: A longitudinal study on self-regulatory cognitions

Psychology and Health

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 93-108

  Luszczynska, Aleksandra ^a   Schwarzer, Ralf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Health cognitions; Outcome expectancies; Planning; Risk appraisals; Self efficacy; Stage models

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037324861     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0887044021000019358     Document Type: Article

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