Changing everyday health behaviors through descriptive norm manipulations

Social Influence

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 69-77

  Burger, Jerry M ^a   Shelton, Martin ^a  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Descriptive norms; Health behavior; Norms

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953685457     PISSN: 15534510     EISSN: 15534529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15534510.2010.542305     Document Type: Article

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