Effects of coping information and value affirmation on responses to a perceived health threat

Health Communication

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 133-147

  Fry, Rachel B ^a   Prentice Dunn, Steven ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASSERTIVENESS; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BREAST; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOMIZATION; RELATIVE; RELIGION; SELF EVALUATION;

EID: 16244387161     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327027hc1702_2     Document Type: Article

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