The Role of Resources and Message Exposure on Health-Related Outcomes
dc.access.option | Restricted Campus Access Only | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Baranik, Lisa E. | |
dc.contributor.author | Lowery, Megan R. | |
dc.contributor.department | Psychology | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-05-25T19:26:58Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-02-26T14:23:43Z | |
dc.date.created | 2016-05 | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-05-03 | |
dc.date.submitted | May 2016 | |
dc.date.updated | 2016-05-25T18:23:57Z | |
dc.degree.department | Psychology | |
dc.degree.discipline | MA-Psychology General-Theoretic | |
dc.degree.grantor | East Carolina University | |
dc.degree.level | Masters | |
dc.degree.name | M.A. | |
dc.description.abstract | The current study involved analysis of the relationships between frequency of health message exposure, perceived resource availability, health-related self-efficacy, health-related anxiety, negative rumination, and positive rumination. Drawing from the Conservation of Resources theory, health messages were conceptualized as a resource contributing to health-related outcomes for individuals. A survey containing seven self-report measures of the study variables was provided to a sample of participants recruited from Amazon Mechanical Turk. Although findings did not support the proposed moderating effect of perceived resource availability on the relationship between health message exposure and health-related outcomes, results suggest that perceived resource availability and frequency of health message exposure may additively contribute to improving an individual's health-related outcomes. Practical and theoretical implications related to the study findings and avenues for future research were also explored. | |
dc.embargo.lift | 2018-05-25 | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10342/5314 | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | East Carolina University | |
dc.subject | Wellness | |
dc.subject | health messages | |
dc.subject | communication | |
dc.subject | conservation of resources | |
dc.subject | employee health | |
dc.subject.lcsh | Health promotion | |
dc.subject.lcsh | Clinical health psychology | |
dc.subject.lcsh | Health expectancy | |
dc.subject.lcsh | Merycism | |
dc.subject.lcsh | Self-efficacy--Health | |
dc.subject.lcsh | Anxiety--Health | |
dc.title | The Role of Resources and Message Exposure on Health-Related Outcomes | |
dc.type | Master's Thesis | |
dc.type.material | text |
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