Risk perception and motivation to quit smoking: A partial test of the Health Action Process Approach

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 789-791

  Williams, Rebecca J ^a   Herzog, Thaddeus A ^b   Simmons, Vani N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health Action Process Approach; Motivation; Risk perception; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SMOKING CESSATION;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; RISK-TAKING; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 79954959122     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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