Influences of Self-Efficacy, Response Efficacy, and Reactance on Responses to Cigarette Health Warnings: A Longitudinal Study of Adult Smokers in Australia and Canada

Health Communication

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1517-1526

  Thrasher, James F ^a,b   Swayampakala, Kamala ^a   Borland, Ron ^c   Nagelhout, Gera ^d   Yong, Hua Hie ^c   Hammond, David ^e   Bansal Travers, Maansi ^f   Thompson, Mary ^e   Hardin, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^c CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^f ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; FEAR; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROCESS MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF CONCEPT; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL; THINKING; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACKAGING; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRODUCT LABELING; SELF EFFICACY; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84965074461     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: 15327027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2015.1089456     Document Type: Article

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