Does the easy-difficult item measure attitude or perceived behavioural control?

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 543-557

  Gagné, Camille ^a   Godin, Gaston ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b Department of Behaviour and Health ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THEORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 35648934562     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135910706X147781     Document Type: Article

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