Smoking-specific compensatory health beliefs and the readiness to stop smoking in adolescents

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 610-625

  Radtke, Theda ^a   Scholz, Urte ^a   Keller, Roger ^a   Knäuper, Bärbel ^b   Hornung, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING CESSATION; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING CESSATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959997062     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: 20448287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/2044-8287.002001     Document Type: Article

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