'I quit' versus 'I'm sorry I used': A preliminary investigation of variations in narrative ending and transportation

Psychology and Health

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1308-1322

  Banerjee, Smita C ^a   Greene, Kathryn ^b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cocaine use; progressive ending; regressive ending; transportation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NARRATION; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867191467     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2012.675063     Document Type: Article

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