Don't derogate this message! self-affirmation promotes online type 2 diabetes risk test taking

Psychology and Health

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 635-649

  van Koningsbruggen, Guido M ^a   Das, Enny ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Defensive processing; Health risk information; Screening behaviour; Self affirmation; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; RISK-TAKING; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449504634     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870440802340156     Document Type: Article

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