A growing number of people use the Internet to obtain health information, including
information about vaccines. Websites that allow and promote interaction among users are …

Risk perceptions are a prerequisite for protective action. Both scientists and practitioners
need to understand the multifaceted nature of health risk perception and risk …

OBJECTIVE: To describe electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use and cigarette use among
adolescents and determine whether established risk factors for smoking discriminate user …

Social cognitive theory (SCT; Bandura 1986) has become a fundamental resource in
clinical, educational, social, developmental, health, and personality psychology. It has been …

Although some people may develop an intention to change their health behaviour, they
might not take any action. This discrepancy has been labelled the “intention–behaviour …

The question of which factors drive human eating and nutrition is a key issue in many
branches of science. We describe the creation, evaluation, and updating of an …

Based on cognitive stress theory we present a model that aims at explaining individual pro-
environmental behavior: environmental stressors (eg pollution in domestic and work …

Many women may be reluctant to perform breast self-examination (BSE) regularly due to
motivational or self-regulatory deficits. The Health Action Process Approach (Schwarzer …

Good health is of critical importance to many people while they are generally aware that
their behavior plays an important role in achieving and maintaining physical well-being. In …

Young, middle-aged, and older adults in orthopaedic outpatient rehabilitation (N= 373) were
randomly assigned to either an interviewer-assisted or a standard-care self-administered …