Why is such a smart person like you smoking? Using self-affirmation to reduce defensiveness to cigarette warning labels

Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 165-182

  Dillard, Amanda J ^a   Mccaul, Kevin D ^a   Magnan, Renee E ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 31144444284     PISSN: 10712089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-9861.2005.tb00010.x     Document Type: Review

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