'I do not need a flu shot because i lead a healthy lifestyle': Compensatory health beliefs make vaccination less likely

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 825-836

  Ernsting, Anna ^a   Schwarzer, Ralf ^a,b   Lippke, Sonia ^c   Schneider, Michael ^d  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b SWPS UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Poland)

^c JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^d BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

health behaviour; health education; health promotion; health psychology; intervention; moderator; randomised controlled trial

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY; INFLUENZA; INTERVENTION; MODERATOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

HEALTH BEHAVIOUR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY; INTERVENTION; MODERATOR; RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 84878363080     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105312455076     Document Type: Article

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