Smoking in movies, implicit associations of smoking with the self, and intentions to smoke

Psychological Science

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 559-563

  Dal Cin, Sonya ^a,c   Gibson, Bryan ^b   Zanna, Mark P ^a   Shumate, Roberta ^b   Fong, Geoffrey T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; EGO; HUMAN; IDENTITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REACTION TIME; SELF CONCEPT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SMOKING; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION; COGNITION; EGO; HUMANS; IDENTIFICATION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTENTION; MALE; MOTION PICTURES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; SELF CONCEPT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SMOKING; STUDENTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 34547354461     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2007.01939.x     Document Type: Article

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