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war metaphor for cancer: a standalone construct

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framing cancer as an enemy to fight, which experiments show can lower intentions to adopt self-limiting prevention behaviors.

In health psychology, war metaphor for cancer refers to framing cancer as an enemy to fight, which experiments show can lower intentions to adopt self-limiting prevention behaviors. This meaning comes from Hauser (2014) in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.[1]

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  1. Hauser, D. J., & Schwarz, N. (2014). The War on Prevention: Bellicose Cancer Metaphors Hurt (Some) Prevention Intentions. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 41(1), 66-77. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167214557006

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