Message framing and defensive processing: A cultural examination

Health Communication

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 61-68

  Ko, Deborah M ^a,b   Kim, Heejung S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFE SEX; UNITED STATES;

ASIAN AMERICANS; CALIFORNIA; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFE SEX;

EID: 77950983087     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10410230903473532     Document Type: Article

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