Under what conditions can a nonprescription drug label serve as refutation text? The role of directed attention and processing strategy

Autor: Michael P Ryan, Paula L Costa, Aubrey B Cruz
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Health Psychology Open, Vol 4 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2055-1029
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DOI: 10.1177/2055102917730676
Popis: Nonprescription drug labels are relatively ineffective in refuting drug misconceptions. We sought to improve the effectiveness of an aspirin label as a refutation text by manipulating selective attention and label-processing strategy. After reading a facsimile label, those of 196 undergraduates who attempted to explain why shaded drug facts are “easily confused” recalled more refuting drug facts than participants who attempted to explain why those facts are “easily ignored.” However, “easily confused” processing did not change truth ratings of misconceptions associated with those drug facts. We conclude that refuted misconceptions remain in memory but are inhibited by disconfirming drug facts.
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