Are Graphic Cigarette Warning Labels an Effective Message Strategy? A Test of Psychological Reactance Theory and Source Appraisal

Communication Research

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 416-436

  LaVoie, Nicole R ^a   Quick, Brian L ^a   Riles, Julius M ^a   Lambert, Natalie J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

fear appeals; graphic images; psychological reactance; tobacco

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015762960     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: 15523810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093650215609669     Document Type: Article

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