Add to ORKGResearch has shown that when individuals receive threatening health messages, they show a greater tendency to be critical than if the message contained favorable information. The purpose of the study was to determine if presenting threatening messages regarding an unfamiliar fictitious disorder would affect defensive processing, using an internet-based approach. Another purpose of the study was to determine if individuals' health locus of control poses as a moderating variable in processing threatening health messages. College-aged participants completed questions regarding personal caffeine consumption and health locus of control, then were asked to read an article linking caffeine consumption to fibrocystic disease, and finally answered q...
Falls pose a serious threat to older adults, often resulting in physical, emotional, and financial c...
Chronic pain is a devastating public health problem particularly in women, who are at increased risk...
Psychological disorders would not be considered as such if they did not result in some form of dysfu...
An experiment with 98 participants was conducted to explore the effects of government versus multipl...
The study here was designed to examine the relationship between lifetime exposure to threatening env...
Direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising of prescription drugs is one of the fastest growing and most co...
There is a significant body of literature on the social cognitive deficits in adults with schizophre...
Direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising of prescription drugs is one of the fastest growing and most co...
Sexual prejudice and discrimination are extremely prevalent throughout society and previous research...
Understanding the relationship between parental cognitive variables and outcomes related to the trea...
Sexual violence is a serious problem that can have lasting, harmful effects on victims and their fam...
The opioid epidemic is a devastating drug crisis in American history with more than 28,000 deaths at...
There is a significant body of literature on the social cognitive deficits in adults with schizophre...
Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a common but preventable health-care associated infection t...
Researchers have found fear to impact a variety of cognitive variables in individuals with specific ...
Falls pose a serious threat to older adults, often resulting in physical, emotional, and financial c...
Chronic pain is a devastating public health problem particularly in women, who are at increased risk...
Psychological disorders would not be considered as such if they did not result in some form of dysfu...
An experiment with 98 participants was conducted to explore the effects of government versus multipl...
The study here was designed to examine the relationship between lifetime exposure to threatening env...
Direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising of prescription drugs is one of the fastest growing and most co...
There is a significant body of literature on the social cognitive deficits in adults with schizophre...
Direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising of prescription drugs is one of the fastest growing and most co...
Sexual prejudice and discrimination are extremely prevalent throughout society and previous research...
Understanding the relationship between parental cognitive variables and outcomes related to the trea...
Sexual violence is a serious problem that can have lasting, harmful effects on victims and their fam...
The opioid epidemic is a devastating drug crisis in American history with more than 28,000 deaths at...
There is a significant body of literature on the social cognitive deficits in adults with schizophre...
Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a common but preventable health-care associated infection t...
Researchers have found fear to impact a variety of cognitive variables in individuals with specific ...
Falls pose a serious threat to older adults, often resulting in physical, emotional, and financial c...
Chronic pain is a devastating public health problem particularly in women, who are at increased risk...
Psychological disorders would not be considered as such if they did not result in some form of dysfu...