Fear, Anger, Fruits, and Veggies: Interactive Effects of Emotion and Message Framing on Health Behavior

Health Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 420-423

  Gerend, Mary A ^a   Maner, Jon K ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary behavior; Emotion; Fruits and vegetables; Health communication; Message framing

Indexed keywords

ANGER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DIETARY INTAKE; EMOTIONALITY; FEAR; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PUBLICATION; STUDENT; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; ANGER; DECISION MAKING; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; STUDENTS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 79960507804     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021981     Document Type: Article

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