Nonconscious processes and health

Health Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 460-473

  Sheeran, Paschal ^a   Gollwitzer, Peter M ^b,c   Bargh, John A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic; Dual process models; Health behavior change; Interventions; Nonconscious

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IMPLICIT COGNITION; NONCONSCIOUS PROCESS;

AFFECT; COGNITION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTENTION; MENTAL PROCESSES; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCONSCIOUS (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84880997561     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029203     Document Type: Article

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