The effects of coping primes on responses to messages about disease detection behaviors

Psychology and Health

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 271-281

  Millar, Murray G ^a   Millar, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Coping; Health behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844466092     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870440008400306     Document Type: Article

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