Effects of upward and downward social comparison information on the efficacy of an appearance-based sun protection intervention: a randomized, controlled experiment.
This experiment examined the impact of adding upward and/or downward social comparison information on the efficacy of an appearance-based sun protection intervention (UV photos and photoaging information). Southern California college students ( N = 126) were randomly assigned to one of four conditio...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Behavioral Medicine Vol. 33; no. 6; pp. 496 - 508 |
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| Formato: | research tables/charts randomized controlled trial Journal Article |
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Springer Nature
Dec2010
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