The effect of distressing imagery on attention to and persuasiveness of an antialcohol message: A gaze-tracking approach

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 8-17

  Brown, Stephen L ^a   Richardson, Miles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

alcohol; attention; avoidance; defensiveness; eye tracking; persuasion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EYE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; ATTENTION; EYE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856429122     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198111404411     Document Type: Article

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