Health Communication

Frustration or Relief? The Impact of Feelings about the Search on the Outcomes of Online Health Information Seeking

The Internet as a source for health information can reassure and/or frustrate health information seekers, and affect the extent to which the information they find affects subsequent health attitudes and behavior.

Speaking the Unspeakable: An Exploratory Study of Chinese Women's Sex Communication

The centrality of communication in safer sex issues is widely recognized. Chinese young women face unique challenges when it comes to sex communication.

An Evaluation of Gain- and Loss-Frame Messages in Deterring Binge Drinking on College Campuses: A Test of the Mediating and Moderating Role of Psychological Reactance

The present investigation sought to examine if gain-frame messages about binge drinking on college campuses were perceived as a threat to students' personal freedoms.

Enhancing the 'Informed' in Informed Consent: A Pilot Test of a Multimedia Presentation

The use of a multimedia presentation to supplement the informed consent process for endoscopy procedures was tested at a Children's Hospital.