Defensive reactions to health-promoting information: An overview and implications for future research

J van 't Riet, RAC Ruiter - Health psychology review, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
It is a common finding that recipients of threatening health-promoting information are
motivated to dismiss or disregard the information, thus reacting 'defensively'. This article …

Faire «appel à la peur» pour persuader? Revue de la littérature et perspectives de recherche

J Blondé, F Girandola - L'Année psychologique, 2016 - cairn.info
Résumé De nombreux professionnels de la santé diffusent des messages préventifs conçus
de manière à effrayer ou choquer. L'objectif est de faire «appel à la peur» afin d'avertir des …

Real-time feature extraction of P300 component using adaptive nonlinear principal component analysis

A Turnip, KS Hong, MY Jeong - Biomedical engineering online, 2011 - Springer
Background The electroencephalography (EEG) signals are known to involve the firings of
neurons in the brain. The P300 wave is a high potential caused by an event-related …

A model of tailoring effects: a randomized controlled trial examining the mechanisms of tailoring in a web-based STD screening intervention.

MLA Lustria, J Cortese, MA Gerend, K Schmitt… - Health …, 2016 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: This study explores the mechanisms of tailoring within the context of RU@ Risk a
brief Web-based intervention designed to promote sexually transmitted disease (STD) …

Emotional reaction facilitates the brain and behavioural impact of graphic cigarette warning labels in smokers

AL Wang, SB Lowen, D Romer, M Giorno… - Tobacco …, 2015 - tobaccocontrol.bmj.com
Background Warning labels on cigarette packages are an important venue for information
about the hazards of smoking. The 2009 US Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco …

Neuroscientific evidence for defensive avoidance of fear appeals

LTE Kessels, RAC Ruiter, L Wouters… - … Journal of Psychology, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Previous studies indicate that people respond defensively to threatening health information,
especially when the information challenges self‐relevant goals. The authors investigated …

[HTML][HTML] An app to improve eating habits of adolescents and young adults (challenge to go): systematic development of a theory-based and target group–adapted …

A Rohde, A Duensing, C Dawczynski… - JMIR mHealth and …, 2019 - mhealth.jmir.org
Background: Due to the widespread use of mobile phones, dietary mobile apps are
promising tools for preventing diet-related noncommunicable diseases early in life …

Smoking-related warning messages formulated as questions positively influence short-term smoking behaviour

BCN Müller, SM Ritter, S Glock… - Journal of health …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Research demonstrated that by reformulating smoking warnings into questions, defensive
responses in smokers are reduced and smoking-related risk perception increases. We …

[HTML][HTML] Neural activity in self-related brain regions in response to tailored nutritional messages predicts dietary change

LA Casado-Aranda, N van der Laan… - Appetite, 2022 - Elsevier
Overweight and obesity have become international public health problems, so there is an
urgent need to implement effective interventions that prevent these concerning health …

Eye movement responses to health messages on cigarette packages

L TE Kessels, R AC Ruiter - BMC public health, 2012 - Springer
Background While the majority of the health messages on cigarette packages contain
threatening health information, previous studies indicate that risk information can trigger …