Cognitive antecedents to adolescent health risk: Discriminating between behavioral intention and behavioral willingness

Psychology and Health

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 319-339

  Gibbons, Frederick X ^a   Gerrard, Meg ^a   Ouellette, Judith A ^a   Burzette, Rebecca ^a  

^a Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Discriminating intention and willingness; Health behavior; Health risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142534893     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870449808406754     Document Type: Article

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