Explaining adolescents' cigarette smoking: A comparison of four modes of action control and test of the role of self-regulatory mode

Psychology and Health

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 893-909

  Rivis, Amanda ^a   Sheeran, Paschal ^b   Armitage, Christopher J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action control; Adolescents cigarette smoking; Assessment; Automatic; Intention; Locomotion; Prototypes; Willingness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SMOKING;

EID: 77958452540     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870440902850310     Document Type: Article

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