Cognitive dissonance and undergraduate nursing students' knowledge of, and attitudes about, smoking

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 586-594

  Clark, Eileen ^a   McCann, Terence V ^b   Rowe, Kathy ^c   Lazenbatt, Anne ^c  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Cognitive dissonance; Knowledge; Nursing students; Smoking; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; NURSING; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THEORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; COGNITIVE DISSONANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE'S ROLE; PATIENT EDUCATION; SMOKING; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 2942628251     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2004.03049.x     Document Type: Article

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