Stepping back from social norms campaigns: Comparing normative influences to other predictors of health behaviors

Health Communication

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 277-288

  Cameron, Kenzie A ^a,c   Campo, Shelly ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 33846288840     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327027hc2003_7     Document Type: Article

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