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Communication, risk behavior, and perceptions of threat and efficacy: A test of a reciprocal model

Alicia Marshall Dorsey Associate professor in the Department of Social and Behavioral Health, Texas A&M University, System Health Science Center, MS#1266, 260 Centeq Bldg., College Station, TX, 77843–1266 E-mail: [email protected]
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Katherine I. Miller Professor in the Department of Speech Communication, Texas A&M University
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Clifford W. Scherer Associate professor in the Department of Communication, Cornell University
Pages 377-395 | Published online: 21 May 2009

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