Promoting responsible drinking? A mass media campaign affects implicit but not explicit alcohol-related cognitions and attitudes

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 482-497

  Glock, Sabine ^a   Klapproth, Florian ^b   Müller, Barbara C N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^b University of Education Ludwigsburg   (Germany)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

alcohol consumption; implicit attitudes; mass media campaigns; outcome expectancies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COLLEGE DRINKING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL DRINKING IN COLLEGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MASS MEDIA; REACTION TIME; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937839399     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: 20448287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjhp.12130     Document Type: Article

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