A brief measure of reactance to health warnings

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 520-529

  Hall, Marissa G ^a,c   Sheeran, Paschal ^b,c   Noar, Seth M ^c   Ribisl, Kurt M ^a,c   Boynton, Marcella H ^a,c   Brewer, Noel T ^a,c  

^a IL   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Defensive processing; Health communication; Health warnings; Pictorial warnings; Reactance; Tobacco control

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; SMOKING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACKAGING; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SMOKING CESSATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRODUCT LABELING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SMOKING CESSATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85010818153     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: 15733521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10865-016-9821-z     Document Type: Article

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