Testing the direct, indirect, and interactive roles of referent group injunctive and descriptive norms for sun protection in relation to the theory of planned behavior

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 739-750

  Bodimeade, Harriet ^a   Anderson, Ellen ^a   La Macchia, Stephen ^a   Smith, Joanne R ^b   Terry, Deborah J ^a   Louis, Winnifred R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84949116243     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jasp.12264     Document Type: Article

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