Kinesiology 3476F/G Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Tobacco Smoking, Risk Perception, Variance
20 Nov 2018
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Happiness: somethings bring us happiness but don"t contribute to a good quality of life (i. e. smoking) Why use theory: theory may draw on things that are shown to work, framework to guide thinking. Study: cancer prevention as a source of exercise motivation (courneya and hellsten) purpose: to examine whether cancer prevention is a meaningful source of exercise motivation using. 427 undergrad students randomly assigned to read 16 persuasive communications that independently targeted the constructs: a 2x2x2x2 between subject"s factorial design to, high threat appraisal and high coping appraisal should lead to intent to change. Pv and therefore they can"t indicate the effects that resulted. Results: significant interaction effect between re and ps. If low ps and low re = no higher intention compared to one with low ps and high re. If high ps and high re = higher intention formed.
