Predicting resistance to health education messages for cannabis use: The role of rebelliousness, autic mastery, health value and ethnicity

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 157-166

  Boddington, Ellen L ^a   McDermott, Mark R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cannabis; education messages; ethnicity; health value; personal control; rebelliousness; resistance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANNABIS SMOKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873044729     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105312438111     Document Type: Article

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