Risk perception measures' associations with behavior intentions, affect, and cognition following colon cancer screening messages

Health Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 106-113

  Dillard, Amanda J ^a   Ferrer, Rebecca A ^b   Ubel, Peter A ^c   Fagerlin, Angela ^d  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Absolute risk perceptions; Behavioral intentions; Cancer screening; Comparative risk perceptions; Feelings of risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANCER SCREENING; COGNITION; COLON CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR; COLON TUMOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITION; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEOPLASMS; PERCEPTION; RISK;

EID: 84857198799     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024787     Document Type: Article

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