Health communication, genetic determinism, and perceived control: The roles of beliefs about susceptibility and severity versus disease essentialism

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 762-778

  Parrott, Roxanne ^a   Kahl, Mary L ^b   Ndiaye, Khadidiatou ^c   Traeder, Tara ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Communication   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; CONTROL; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEREDITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GENETIC DETERMINISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864856860     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2012.677301     Document Type: Article

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