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Health Risk Concern and Testing Intention

HRCTIPersonal concern about a specific health risk and motivation to be tested for it
3 items 2002 α .83 Free Menon, G., Block, L. G., & Ramanathan, S.

What it measures

Three items measure how concerned a respondent is about a specific health condition, how interested they are in finding out more, and whether they intend to be tested for it. The health risk studied in the original research was hepatitis C; blanks allow application to other conditions.

Citation

Menon, G., Block, L. G., & Ramanathan, S. (2002). We're at as much risk as we are led to believe: Effects of message cues on judgments of health risk. Journal of Consumer Research, 28(March), 533–549.

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