A self-regulatory framework for message framing

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 238-249

  Cesario, Joseph ^a   Corker, Katherine S ^b   Jelinek, Sara ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENYON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gain loss framing; Health persuasion; Message framing; Regulatory focus; Social influence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870879880     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2012.10.014     Document Type: Article

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