The effects of repeated exposure to graphic fear appeals on cigarette packages: A field experiment

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 82-90

  Dijkstra, Arie ^a   Bos, Colin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fear appeals; Graphic warnings; Repeated exposure; Smoking; Textual warnings

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISGUST; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEAR; FEMALE; FIELD EXPERIMENT; HABITUATION; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT REPEATABILITY; PACKAGING; PERCEPTION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; TOBACCO;

ADULT; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRODUCT LABELING; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO PRODUCTS;

EID: 84945439113     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: 19391501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/adb0000049     Document Type: Article

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