Comparing two theories of health behavior: A prospective study of noncompletion of treatment following cervical cancer screening

Health Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 604-615

  Orbell, Sheina ^a   Hagger, Martin ^a,c   Brown, Val ^b   Tidy, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Colposcopy; Prospective study; Self regulation theory; Theory of planned behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; COLPOSCOPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; SELF REGULATION THEORY; THEORY; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33750198225     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.25.5.604     Document Type: Article

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