Grossarth-Maticek R, Eysenck HJ. Is media information that smoking causes illness a self-fulfilling prophecy?
Psychol Rep 1989;
65:177-8. [PMID:
2780927 DOI:
10.2466/pr0.1989.65.1.177]
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Abstract
Of 528 men, those 72 who derived information from the media, showed a lower rate of survival, i.e., more deaths from cancer, coronary heart disease, etc. Stress increased by constant repetition of evil consequences of smoking might constitute a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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