Corrigendum to Threatening communication: A critical re-analysis and a revised metaanalytic test of fear appeal theory ((2012), 10.1080/17437199.2012.703527);Threatening communication: A critical re-analysis and a revised meta-analytic test of fear appeal theory

Health Psychology Review

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL1, 2013, Pages

  Peters, Gjalt Jorn Ygram ^a   Ruiter, Robert A C ^a   Kok, Gerjo ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

behaviour change; fear appeals; intervention development; perceived risk; perceived threat; risk perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879184591     PISSN: 17437199     EISSN: 17437202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17437199.2012.727278     Document Type: Erratum

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