Implicit associations and compensatory health beliefs in smokers: Exploring their role for behaviour and their change through warning labels

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 814-826

  Glock, Sabine ^a   Müller, Barbara C N ^b   Krolak Schwerdt, Sabine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COGNITION; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PACKAGING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRODUCT LABELING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885571956     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: 20448287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjhp.12023     Document Type: Article

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