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Testing the Theoretical Design of a Health Risk Message: Reexamining the Major Tenets of the Extended Parallel Process Model
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This study examined the fear control/danger control responses that are predicted by the Extended Parallel Process Model in the context of meningitis to provide new evidence that only a marginal amount of threat is necessary in a health risk message to move the target audience toward the desired protective measures.Abstract:
This study examined the fear control/danger control responses that are predicted by the Extended Parallel Process Model (EPPM). In a campaign designed to inform college students about the symptoms and dangers of meningitis, participants were given either a high-threat/no-efficacy or high-efficacy/no-threat health risk message, thus testing the extreme assumptions of the EPPM. Although the study supports the main predictions of the EPPM in the context of meningitis, the results provide new evidence that only a marginal amount of threat is necessary in a health risk message to move the target audience toward the desired protective measures. In addition, the results also suggest that the messages containing only threat may only scare the target audience further into fear control. Implications and future research are discussed.read more
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Fear appeals and persuasion: A review and update of the Extended Parallel Process Model.
TL;DR: The Extended Parallel Process Model (EPPM) is a message design theory in the social science fear appeal literature that provides a framework for effective communication of health-related information as discussed by the authors.
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The Extended Parallel Process Model: Illuminating the Gaps in Research
TL;DR: Alternative operationalization for some of the constructs of the extended parallel process model is proposed and some assumptions of this theory, such as additive relationship between the constructs, the role of time and issue of thresholds, and disregard for the existing state of the audience are examined.
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The Boomerang Effect A Synthesis of Findings and a Preliminary Theoretical Framework
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TL;DR: In this article, a review of findings that have resulted in boomerang effects, broadly defined, is presented, along with a preliminary theoretical framework of the Boomerang Effect, which predicts that receivers will process harmful elements in a message at the expense of those that were intended.
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Predictors of early sexual initiation among a nationally representative sample of Nigerian adolescents.
TL;DR: Given the increased risk for a number of sexually transmitted health problems, understanding the factors that are associated with premarital sexual debut will assist programmes in developing more effective risk prevention interventions.
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A National Survey Assessing SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination Intentions: Implications for Future Public Health Communication Efforts
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Self-efficacy: Toward a unifying theory of behavioral change☆☆☆
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an integrative theoretical framework to explain and predict psychological changes achieved by different modes of treatment, including enactive, vicarious, exhortative, and emotive sources.
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A Protection Motivation Theory of Fear Appeals and Attitude Change1.
TL;DR: A protection motivation theory is proposed that postulates the three crucial components of a fear appeal to be (a) the magnitude of noxiousness of a depicted event; (b) the probability of that event's occurrence; and (c) the efficacy of a protective response.
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Putting the fear back into fear appeals: The extended parallel process model
TL;DR: The Extended Parallel Process Model (EPPM) as mentioned in this paper is based on Leventhal's (1970) danger control/fear control framework, which is used to explain why fear appeals fail and re-incorporate fear as a central variable.
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A Meta-Analysis of Fear Appeals: Implications for Effective Public Health Campaigns
Kim Witte,Mike Allen +1 more
TL;DR: The meta-analysis suggests that strong fear appeals produce high levels of perceived severity and susceptibility, and are more persuasive than low or weak fear appeals, and the results indicate that fear appeals motivate adaptive danger control actions such as message acceptance and maladaptive fear control actionssuch as defensive avoidance or reactance.
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