Smoking-related warning messages formulated as questions positively influence short-term smoking behaviour

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 60-68

  Müller, Barbara C N ^a,b   Ritter, Simone M ^b   Glock, Sabine ^c   Dijksterhuis, A P ^b   Engels, Rutger C M E ^b   Van Baaren, Rick B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

self persuasion; short term abstinence; smoking; warning labels

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MOVIE; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PICTURES AS TOPIC; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84950985014     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105314522083     Document Type: Article

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