Disengagement beliefs in smokers: Do they influence the effects of a tailored persuasive message advocating smoking cessation?

Psychology and Health

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 791-804

  Dijkstra, A ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computer tailoring; Disengagement beliefs; Fear appeals; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMOKING CESSATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 70449469169     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870440801998962     Document Type: Article

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