Getting the message across: Age differences in the positive and negative framing of health care messages

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 746-751

  Shamaskin, Andrea M ^a   Mikels, Joseph A ^a   Reed, Andrew E ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Decision making; Goal framing; Health care messages; Positivity effect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT INFORMATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; GOALS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; PAMPHLETS; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957287138     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018431     Document Type: Article

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