Construct definition and scale development for defensive information processing: An application to colorectal cancer screening

Health Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 190-202

  McQueen, Amy ^a   Vernon, Sally W ^b   Swank, Paul R ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer screening; Defenses; Defensive motivation; Information processing; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEFENSIVENESS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84878547833     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027311     Document Type: Article

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