Interventions to promote sun protection behaviors: What do we know about the efficacy of health- and appearance-based messages and the role of cognitions and emotions?

Social and Personality Psychology Compass

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 238-251

  Mahler, Heike I M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84926472107     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17519004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/spc3.12173     Document Type: Article

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