Desire or Reason: Predicting Health Behaviors From Affective and Cognitive Attitudes

Health Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 56-65

  Lawton, Rebecca ^a   Conner, Mark ^a   McEachan, Rosemary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

affective attitude; cognitive attitude; health related health risk behaviors; intention; intercomponent ambivalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITIVE DISSONANCE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 58549094754     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013424     Document Type: Article

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