The Differential Impact of Statistical and Narrative Evidence on Beliefs, Attitude, and Intention: A Meta-Analysis

Health Communication

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 282-289

  Zebregs, Simon ^a   van den Putte, Bas ^a,b   Neijens, Peter ^a   de Graaf, Anneke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; META ANALYSIS; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STATISTICS; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTENTION; NARRATION; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84919876483     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: 15327027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2013.842528     Document Type: Article

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