AROUSING FEAR IN DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION*<sup>,</sup>†
Journal of Public Health DentistryPublished 1 December 1965Open access
Don P. Haefner
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There seem to be some situations in which it is proper to frighten people into appropriate behavior for achieving health.
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Now, there seem to be some situations in which it is proper to frighten people into appropriate behavior for achieving health.
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DentistryHealth Professions
Journal of Abnormal & Social PsychologyEffects of fear-arousing communications.
878 Citations1953Irving L. Janis, Seymour Feshbach
The present experiment was designed to study the effects of one particular type of motive-incentive variable in persuasive communications, namely, the arousal of fear or anxiety by depicting potential dangers to which the audience might be exposed.