Positive affect and self-affirmation are beneficial, but do they facilitate maintenance of health-behavior change? A self-determination theory perspective: comment on "a randomized controlled trial of positive-affect intervention and medication adherence in hypertensive African Americans".

Authors :: Williams GC
Niemiec CP
Source :: Archives of internal medicine [Arch Intern Med] 2012 Feb 27; Vol. 172 (4), pp. 327-8. Date of Electronic Publication: 2012 Jan 23.
Publication Year :: 2012

Subjects :: Female
Humans
Male
Antihypertensive Agents therapeutic use
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy methods
Hypertension
Medication Adherence
Patient Education as Topic methods

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