Anticipated regret and health behavior: A meta-analysis

Health Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1264-1275

  Brewer, Noel T ^a,b   DeFrank, Jessica T ^c   Gilkey, Melissa B ^d  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticipated regret; Health behavior theory; Regret management theory; Risk appraisal; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; DATA BASE; EFFECT SIZE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT THEORY; META ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THINKING; ADULT; BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; FEMALE; MALE; MOTIVATION;

ADULT; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MOTIVATION;

EID: 84992189508     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/hea0000294     Document Type: Article

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