Mixed feelings: Ambivalence as a predictor of relapse in ex-smokers

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 580-591

  Menninga, Karin M ^a   Dijkstra, Arie ^a   Gebhardt, Winifred A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFLICT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960012067     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: 20448287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135910710X533219     Document Type: Article

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