Tailoring Messages to Individual Differences in Monitoring-Blunting Styles to Increase Fruit and Vegetable Intake

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 398-405

  Williams Piehota, Pamela ^a,b   Latimer, Amy E ^a,c   Katulak, Nicole A ^a   Cox, Ashley ^a   Silvera, Stephanie A N ^d   Mowad, Linda ^e   Salovey, Peter ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e YALE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

coping styles; monitor; nutrition education; persuasive communication; tailoring

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRUIT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VEGETABLE;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRUIT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; VEGETABLES;

EID: 70350515234     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2008.06.006     Document Type: Article

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