The effectiveness of empathy- versus fear-arousing antismoking PSAs

Health Communication

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 404-415

  Shen, Lijiang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPATHY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMPATHY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79961154889     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2011.552480     Document Type: Article

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