Sun protective behaviour, optimism bias, and the transtheoretical model of behaviour change

Australian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 181-188

  Borschmann, Rohan ^a   Lines, Katrina ^b   Cottrell, David ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decisional balance; Optimism bias; RASP B; Sun protection; Transtheoretical model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869761857     PISSN: 00049530     EISSN: 17429536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-9536.2011.00049.x     Document Type: Article

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