Research Related to the Modification of Health Beliefs

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Kirscht J Haefner D : Effects of repeated threatening health communications. Intl J Health Educ 16:3–12, Oct-Dec 1973.

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Leventhal H Watts J : Sources of resistance to fear-arousing communications on smoking and lung cancer. J Pers 34:155–175, 1966.

Rogers R Thistlethwaite D : Effects of fear arousal and reassurance upon attitude change. Unpublished report, mimeo, no date.

Mausner B Platt E : Smoking: A Behavioral Analysis. New York, Pergamon Press, 1971.

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McKennell A Thomas R : Adults' and adolescents' smoking habits and attitudes. Gov't Social Survey, Ministry of Health, Oct 1967.

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Chu G : Fear arousal, efficacy, and imminency. J Pers Soc Psychol 4:517–524, Nov 1966.

Krisher H : Fear provoking recommendations, intentions to take preventive actions, and actual preventive actions. J Pers Soc Psychol 26:301–308, Feb 1973.

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Andersen R : A behavioral model of families' use of health services. Center for Health Adm Studies, University of Chicago. Research series No. 25, 1968.

Schwartz S Tessler R : A test of a model for reducing measured attitude-behavior discrepancies. J Pers Soc Psychol 24:225–236, Feb 1972.

Ogionwo W : Socio-psychological factors in health behavior: An experimental study on methods and attitude change. Intl J Health Educ Supplement to Vol 16, No. 2, April-June 1973.

Festinger L : A theory of cognitive dissonance, Stanford University Press, 1957.

Campbell D Fiske D : Convergent and discriminant validation by the multi-trait-multimethod matrix. Psychol Bull 56:81–105, 1959.