H1N1 Was Not All That Scary: Uncertainty and stressor appraisals predict anxiety related to a coming viral threat

Stress and Health

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 149-157

  Taha, Sheena Aislinn ^a   Matheson, Kimberly ^a   Anisman, Hymie ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

anxiety; appraisals; H5N1; health threat; intolerance of uncertainty

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; LIFE THREAT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMIC; RECURRENT DISEASE; SELF EVALUATION; YOUNG ADULT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; PANDEMICS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECOGNITION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRUST; UNCERTAINTY; VACCINATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; CANADA; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEWSPAPERS; PANDEMICS; PUBLIC OPINION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRUST; UNCERTAINTY; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897580989     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: 15322998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.2505     Document Type: Article

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