Hindsight bias after receiving self-relevant health risk information: A motivational perspective

Memory

Volumn 11, Issue 4-5, 2003, Pages 455-472

  Renner, Britta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ACCURACY; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COGNITION; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTIVATION; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHOLESTEROL; EMOTIONS; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0042991332     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658210244000531     Document Type: Article

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