Journal Articles & Supplemental Material
(updated May 2022)
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5808-1005
*Click on the article dio to link to the published version of the article (please email me, ebigsby [at] illinois.edu, if you do not have access and would like a copy). Supplemental material are listed under the corresponding publication.
Bigsby, E., & Morrow, E. (2022). Health messaging during a pandemic: How information type and individual factors influence responses to
COVID-19 messages. American Behavioral Scientist. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/00027642221132797
Hovick, S. R., Rhodes, N., Bigsby, E., Thomas, S., & Freiberger, N. (2022). Exploring direct and indirect predictors of heart disease information
seeking. Journal of Communication in Healthcare. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/17538068.2022.2076549
Bigsby, E., & Albarracín, D. (2022). Self- and response efficacy information in fear appeals: A meta-analysis. Journal of Communication, 72(2), 241-263. https://doi.org/10.1093/joc/jqab048
Bigsby, E., Hovick, S. R., Tan, N. Q. P., Thomas, S. N., & Wilson, S. R. (2021). Information seeking and risk reduction intentions in response to environmental threat messages: The role of message processing. Risk Analysis. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.13857
Hovick, S. R., Bigsby, E., Wilson, S. R., & Thomas, S. N. (2021). Information seeking behaviors and intentions in response to environmental health risk messages: A test of a reduced risk information seeking model. Health Communication, 36(14), 1889-1897. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2020.1804139
Rader, K., Hovick, S. R., & Bigsby, E. (2021). "Are you clean?" Encouraging STI communication in casual encounters through narrative messages in romance novels. Communication Studies, 72(3). https://doi.org/10.1080/10510974.2021.1899006
Reynolds-Tylus, T. J., Bigsby, E., & Quick, B. L. (2021). A comparison of three approaches for measuring negative cognitions for psychological reactance. Communication Methods and Measures, 15(1), 43-59. https://doi.org/10.1080/19312458.2020.1810647
Bigsby, E., Bigman, C. A., & Martinez Gonzalez, M. (2019). Exemplification theory: A review and meta-analysis of exemplar messages. Annals of the International Communication Association, 43(4), 273-296. https://doi.org/10.1080/23808985.2019.1681903
Bigsby, E., & Hovick, S. R. (2018). Understanding associations between information seeking and scanning and health risk behaviors: An early test of the structural influence model. Health Communication, 33(3), 315-325. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2016.1266575
Bigsby, E., Seitz, H.H., Halpern, S., Volpp, K., & Cappella, J. N. (2017). Estimating acceptability of financial health incentives. Health Education & Behavior, 44(4), 513-518. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1090198116664072
Bigsby, E., Monahan, J., & Ewoldsen, D. (2017). An examination of adolescent recall of anti-smoking messages: Attitudes, message type, and message perceptions. Health Communication, 32(4), 409-419. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2016.1138390
Rhodes, N., Ralston, R., & Bigsby, E. (2016). Teens' reactance to anti-smoking public service announcements: How norms set the stage. Journal of Health Communication, 21(5), 575-583. https://doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2015.1114052
Hovick, S. R., & Bigsby, E. (2016). Heart disease and colon cancer prevention beliefs and their association with information seeking and scanning. Journal of Health Communication, 21(1), 76-84. https://doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2015.1049307
Bigsby, E., Cappella, J.N., & Seitz, H. H. (2013). Efficiently and effectively evaluating public service announcements: Additional evidence for the utility of perceived effectiveness. Communication Monographs, 80(1), 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/03637751.2012.739706
Shen, L. & Bigsby, E. (2010). Behavioral activation/inhibition systems and emotions: A test of valence vs. action tendency hypotheses. Communication Monographs, 77(1), 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1080/03637750903514268
Silk, K.J., Bigsby, E., Volkman, J., Kingsley, C., Atkin, C., Ferrara, M., & Goins, L.-A. (2006). Formative research on adolescent and adult perceptions of risk factors for breast cancer. Social Science & Medicine, 63(12), 3124-3136.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.08.010
COVID-19 messages. American Behavioral Scientist. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/00027642221132797
Hovick, S. R., Rhodes, N., Bigsby, E., Thomas, S., & Freiberger, N. (2022). Exploring direct and indirect predictors of heart disease information
seeking. Journal of Communication in Healthcare. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/17538068.2022.2076549
Bigsby, E., & Albarracín, D. (2022). Self- and response efficacy information in fear appeals: A meta-analysis. Journal of Communication, 72(2), 241-263. https://doi.org/10.1093/joc/jqab048
Bigsby, E., Hovick, S. R., Tan, N. Q. P., Thomas, S. N., & Wilson, S. R. (2021). Information seeking and risk reduction intentions in response to environmental threat messages: The role of message processing. Risk Analysis. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.13857
Hovick, S. R., Bigsby, E., Wilson, S. R., & Thomas, S. N. (2021). Information seeking behaviors and intentions in response to environmental health risk messages: A test of a reduced risk information seeking model. Health Communication, 36(14), 1889-1897. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2020.1804139
Rader, K., Hovick, S. R., & Bigsby, E. (2021). "Are you clean?" Encouraging STI communication in casual encounters through narrative messages in romance novels. Communication Studies, 72(3). https://doi.org/10.1080/10510974.2021.1899006
Reynolds-Tylus, T. J., Bigsby, E., & Quick, B. L. (2021). A comparison of three approaches for measuring negative cognitions for psychological reactance. Communication Methods and Measures, 15(1), 43-59. https://doi.org/10.1080/19312458.2020.1810647
Bigsby, E., Bigman, C. A., & Martinez Gonzalez, M. (2019). Exemplification theory: A review and meta-analysis of exemplar messages. Annals of the International Communication Association, 43(4), 273-296. https://doi.org/10.1080/23808985.2019.1681903
Bigsby, E., & Hovick, S. R. (2018). Understanding associations between information seeking and scanning and health risk behaviors: An early test of the structural influence model. Health Communication, 33(3), 315-325. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2016.1266575
Bigsby, E., Seitz, H.H., Halpern, S., Volpp, K., & Cappella, J. N. (2017). Estimating acceptability of financial health incentives. Health Education & Behavior, 44(4), 513-518. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1090198116664072
- Supplemental Material (This material should have been linked on the journal's page but is not.)
Bigsby, E., Monahan, J., & Ewoldsen, D. (2017). An examination of adolescent recall of anti-smoking messages: Attitudes, message type, and message perceptions. Health Communication, 32(4), 409-419. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2016.1138390
Rhodes, N., Ralston, R., & Bigsby, E. (2016). Teens' reactance to anti-smoking public service announcements: How norms set the stage. Journal of Health Communication, 21(5), 575-583. https://doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2015.1114052
Hovick, S. R., & Bigsby, E. (2016). Heart disease and colon cancer prevention beliefs and their association with information seeking and scanning. Journal of Health Communication, 21(1), 76-84. https://doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2015.1049307
Bigsby, E., Cappella, J.N., & Seitz, H. H. (2013). Efficiently and effectively evaluating public service announcements: Additional evidence for the utility of perceived effectiveness. Communication Monographs, 80(1), 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/03637751.2012.739706
Shen, L. & Bigsby, E. (2010). Behavioral activation/inhibition systems and emotions: A test of valence vs. action tendency hypotheses. Communication Monographs, 77(1), 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1080/03637750903514268
Silk, K.J., Bigsby, E., Volkman, J., Kingsley, C., Atkin, C., Ferrara, M., & Goins, L.-A. (2006). Formative research on adolescent and adult perceptions of risk factors for breast cancer. Social Science & Medicine, 63(12), 3124-3136.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.08.010
Book & Encyclopedia Chapters
Bigsby, E., & Wilson, S. (2021). Reactance. In J. Van den Bulck, Ewoldsen, D., M.-L. Mares, & E. Scharrer (Eds.), The international encyclopedia of media psychology. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119011071.iemp0284
Bigsby, E., (2017). Sampling, nonprobability. In M. Allen (Ed.), The Sage encyclopedia of communication research methods (pp. 1537-1538). Sage.
Shen, L., & Bigsby, E. (2013). The effects of message features: Content, structure, & style. In J. P. Dillard, & L. Shen (Eds.), The Sage handbook of persuasion: Developments in theory and practice (2nd edition) (pp. 20-25). Sage. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452218410.n2
Bigsby, E., (2017). Sampling, nonprobability. In M. Allen (Ed.), The Sage encyclopedia of communication research methods (pp. 1537-1538). Sage.
Shen, L., & Bigsby, E. (2013). The effects of message features: Content, structure, & style. In J. P. Dillard, & L. Shen (Eds.), The Sage handbook of persuasion: Developments in theory and practice (2nd edition) (pp. 20-25). Sage. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452218410.n2