Comparing solutions to the 'expectancy-value muddle' in the theory of planned behaviour

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 789-802

  O'Sullivan, B ^a   McGee, H ^a   Keegan, O ^b  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b Irish Hospice Foundation   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXPECTANCY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIVE; SCORING SYSTEM; TELEPHONE; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SET (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 56649118927     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135910708X278306     Document Type: Article

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