Use of the risk perception attitude (RPA) framework for understanding health information seeking: The role of anxiety, risk perception, and efficacy beliefs

Uncertainty, Information Management, and Disclosure Decisions: Theories and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 145-163

  Rimal, Rajiv N ^a   Turner, Monique Mitchell ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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