Cognitive responses to positively and negatively framed health messages: A thought-listing study

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 724-729

  Brown, Mark G ^a   Gold, Ron S ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Framing; Health communication; Prospect Theory; Thought listing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEART DISEASES; HUMAN; MALE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; RANDOMIZATION; STANDARDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907584753     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548506.2013.871305     Document Type: Article

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