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Think positive! Emotional response to assertiveness in positive and negative language promoting preventive health behaviors.

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    • المصدر:
      Publisher: Routledge Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 8807983 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1476-8321 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 08870446 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Psychol Health Subsets: MEDLINE
    • بيانات النشر:
      Publication: <2010-> : Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge
      Original Publication: Chur ; New York : Harwood Academic Publishers ; London : distributed by STBS Ltd., c1987-
    • الموضوع:
      Assertiveness* ; Language*; Humans ; Health Behavior ; Emotions ; Preventive Health Services
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      Objective: There is insufficient evidence for the effectiveness of various tones of communication in modifying health behaviours. We examine the moderating role of assertiveness in the effect of positive/negative language on emotional responses (optimism, self-efficacy, and guilt), and resulting preventive health behaviours.
      Design: Three experiments were employed. An online experiment tests the relationship between positive/negative language and assertiveness when people communicate about healthful eating. Next, a field study examines the moderating effect of assertiveness in positive and negative language encouraging using sunscreen among street passers-by. Third, an online study explores whether the effect of assertiveness in positive and negative messages on hand-washing intentions is mediated by increased optimism and self-efficacy, and decreased guilt, respectively.
      Results: Positive language increases compliance when expressed assertively because the assertive tone emphasises optimism and self-efficacy. Conversely, negative communication is more effective when expressed non-assertively, because of the replenishing effect of the gentler tone on the guilt evoked by the negative communication.
      Conclusion: Assertiveness serves as an intensifier of what is being communicated. When considering whether to employ positive or negative language in health messaging, assertiveness should be considered as part of the design of effective health communication strategies leading to health promoting behaviour change.
    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: Health communication; assertiveness; guilt; language; optimism; self-efficacy
    • الموضوع:
      Date Created: 20210630 Date Completed: 20221115 Latest Revision: 20221217
    • الموضوع:
      20240829
    • الرقم المعرف:
      10.1080/08870446.2021.1942876
    • الرقم المعرف:
      34187269