Cancer information and anxiety: Applying the extended parallel process model

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 579-589

  Evans, Ruth E C ^a   Beeken, Rebecca J ^a   Steptoe, Andrew ^a   Wardle, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anxiety; cancer; communication; education; theory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF EXAMINATION; TESTIS TUMOR;

ADULT; ANXIETY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SELF-EXAMINATION; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860426632     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105311421046     Document Type: Article

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