Assessing Perceptions about Hazardous Substances (PATHS): The PATHS questionnaire

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1100-1113

  Rubin, G James ^a   Amlôt, Richard ^b   Page, Lisa ^a   Pearce, Julia ^a   Wessely, Simon ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

beliefs; communication; information; public health psychology; risk

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BELIEFS; DANGEROUS GOODS; EQUIPMENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLIC HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK; STANDARD; YOUNG ADULT; DEVICES; STANDARDS;

BELIEFS; COMMUNICATION; INFORMATION; PUBLIC HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY; RISK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

DANGEROUS GOODS;

EID: 84880877403     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105312459096     Document Type: Article

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