Psychological reactance and promotional health messages: The effects of controlling language, lexical concreteness, and the restoration of freedom

Human Communication Research

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 219-240

  Miller, Claude H ^a   Lane, Lindsay T ^a   Deatrick, Leslie M ^a   Young, Alice M ^a   Potts, Kimberly A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

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EID: 33947203237     PISSN: 03603989     EISSN: 14682958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2958.2007.00297.x     Document Type: Article

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