Can Genetic Risk Information Enhance Motivation for Smoking Cessation? An Analogue Study.

Protection motivation theory and the extended parallel processing model are used to predict the motivational impact of information regarding a genetic susceptibility to heart disease. One hundred ninety-eight smokers read 1 of 3 vignettes: gene positive, gene negative, or standard smoking risk infor...

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Published in:	Health Psychology Vol. 25; no. 6; pp. 740 - 753
Main Authors:	Wright, Alison J., French, David P., Weinman, John
Format:	Article
Published:	American Psychological Association November 2006
Subjects:	Motivation (Psychology) Smoking cessation Heart disease risk factors Heart disease genetics Health risk communication
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost