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Information Seeking and Risk Reduction Intentions in Response to Environmental Threat Messages: The Role of Message Processing by Bigsby, Elisabeth, Hovick, Shelly R., Tan, Naomi Q. P., Thomas, Sarah N., Wilson, Sam R.

“…ABSTRACT Communicating complex information about environmental health risks in a single message is impossible. Thus, message designers hope that risk messages…”
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The Influence of Family Communication Patterns on the Processing of Messages to Increase Family Health History Seeking Intentions by Hovick, Shelly R., Thomas, Sarah N., Watts, Judy, Tan, Naomi Q. P.

“…The current study extends family communication patterns (FCP) research to assess how family communication schemata (conversation and conformity orientation…”
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The Indirect Effect of Family Communication Patterns on Young Adults' Health Self-disclosure: Understanding the Role of Descriptive and Injunctive Norms in a Test of the Integrative Model of Behavioral Prediction by Thomas, Sarah N., Hovick, Shelly R.

“…Family communication patterns (FCP) are relational schema theorized to influence behaviors indirectly via cognitive processes, including perceived norms…”
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Racial/Ethnic Differences in Prosocial Beliefs and Prevention Behavior During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Orom, Heather, Allard, Natasha C., Kiviniemi, Marc T., Hay, Jennifer L., Waters, Erika A., Schofield, Elizabeth, Thomas, Sarah N., Tuman, Malwina

“…Controlling the COVID-19 pandemic has required communities to engage in prosocial action, including behaviors that may inconvenience individuals, but protect…”
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Decisions to Seek and Share: A Mixed Methods Approach to Understanding Caregivers Surrogate Information Acquisition Behaviors by Thomas, Sarah N

“…Introduction: Surrogate information seeking (SIA), or the act of seeking information on behalf of another, is a common health behavior. However, the phenomena…”
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