Fear appeal messages affect accessibility of attitudes toward the threat and adaptive behaviors

By David Roskos-Ewoldsen, Jessy H. Yu, N. Rhodes. 2004

142 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Applied Psychology, Literature and Literary Theory, Sociology and Political Science

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In Applied Psychology

1. C. Abraham
2. Allen C. Johnston
3. Merrill Warkentin
4. Dolores Albarracin
5. Spencer F. Tinkham
6. A. Good
7. Hye Jin Yoon
8. Susan Michie

In Literature and Literary Theory

1. C. Abraham
2. Dolores Albarracin
3. Spencer F. Tinkham
4. A. Good
5. Hye Jin Yoon

In Sociology and Political Science

1. C. Abraham
2. Allen C. Johnston
3. Merrill Warkentin
4. Dolores Albarracin
5. Melanie B. Tannenbaum
6. Spencer F. Tinkham
7. A. Good
8. Hye Jin Yoon

Citations in the corpus

• Appealing to fear: A Meta-Analysis of Fear Appeal Effectiveness and Theories (2015, background): “…agreement with statements such as, " In the immediate future, I plan to find someone who will teach me to do an accurate breast self-examination " ; Roskos-Ewoldsen et al., 2004, p. 58) and questions with dichotomous response options (e.g., " In the future, I intend to stop spending time outside…”
• Measuring defensive responses to threatening messages: a meta-analysis of measures (2007, background): “…Breast cancer Reed and Aspinwall (1998) 34 0.68 Personal relevance Breast cancer Reed and Aspinwall (1998) 34 0.42 Self-affirmation Breast cancer Roskos-Ewoldsen et al. (2004) 57 0.24 Efficacy information Breast cancer Sherman et al. (2000, p. 1) 29 1.10 Personal relevance Breast cancer Sherman…”
• Fear Appeals and Information Security Behaviors: An Empirical Study (2010, background): “Scholars suggest there are four primary theories and models that serve as underpinnings for the majority of research in the fear appeal research field (Roskos-Ewoldsen et al. 2004; Witte 1992).”
• Humorous Threat Persuasion in Advertising: The Effects of Humor, Threat Intensity, and Issue Involvement (2013, background): “…by defensively avoiding or countering the message (i.e., fear control) and the motivation to control external danger by adopting the recommendation (i.e., danger control)—can occur simultaneously to various degrees of relative strength (Roskos-Ewoldsen, Yu, and Rhodes 2004; Witte and Allen 2000).”