Examining the Framing Effect as a Strategy to Increase Compliance With Health Regulations
Anjuni Khofifah Hanifi(1*), Christopher Egan(2), Handy Aulia Zharfani(3)
(1) Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia || University of Edinburgh, United Kongdom
(2) Department of Psychology, School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences at the University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
(3) Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universitas Islam Negeri Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta, Indonesia
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