Exploring optimistic bias and the integrative model of behavioral prediction in the context of a campus influenza outbreak

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 206-222

  Kim, Hye Kyung ^a   Niederdeppe, Jeff ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HAND DISINFECTION; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTENTION; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEW YORK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF EFFICACY; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873591252     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2012.688247     Document Type: Article

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