Several theories construe risk appraisals as key determinants of decisions and actions, and
this idea has been supported in correlational studies. However, correlational data cannot …

Objective: Risk beliefs are central to most theories of health behavior, yet many unanswered
questions remain about an increasingly studied risk construct, anticipated regret. The …

Welcome to Health Psychology: Theory, Research and Practice (Seventh Edition). This
textbook provides an in-depth introduction to the growing field of health psychology. It is …

Though many studies have documented correlates of HPV vaccine acceptability, our study is
one of the first to examine correlates of vaccine initiation. The current study aimed to identify …

Background: Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine uptake is low among adolescent girls in
the United States. We sought to identify longitudinal predictors of HPV vaccine initiation in …

Many people nowadays perpetually live their lives through their smartphones. This has been
made possible by the connectivity capability of smartphones and the numerous smartphone …

Suboptimal vaccination rates are a significant problem in many countries today, in spite of
improved access to vaccine services. As a result, there has been a recent expansion of …

Objectives. A systematic review of parental surveys about HPV and/or child HPV vaccination
to understand parental knowledge, attitudes, and behaviour before and after FDA approval …

Objective: Few qualitative studies have explored women's use of social egg freezing.
Derived from an interview study of 31 participants, this article explores the motivations of …

In 2009, the United States approved quadrivalent HPV vaccine for males 9–26 years old, but
data on vaccine uptake are lacking. We determined HPV vaccine uptake among adolescent …