Fear in the classroom: An examination of teachers' use of fear appeals and students' learning outcomes

Communication Education

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 389-402

  Sprinkle, Rose ^a   Hunt, Stephen ^b   Simonds, Cheri ^b   Comadena, Mark ^b  

^a Illinois State University ^*

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior Alteration Techniques; Extended Parallel Process Model; Fear Appeals; Persuasion

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748849109     PISSN: 03634523     EISSN: 14795795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03634520600879170     Document Type: Article

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