Threat appeals in health communication: messages that elicit fear and enhance perceived efficacy positively impact on young male drivers.

BMC Public Health · 2016 · PMC4962518 · PMID 27460475

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did not reach statistical significancep = .06so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

For the OTK scores, the overall difference across groups did not reach statistical significance ( p = .06).

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approached significanceno p-value reported

However, since the ANOVA result approached significance, exploratory post-hoc Tukey test procedures were conducted.

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