Publications – Journal Articles___________________________________________________
in press
Lillie, H. M., Pokharel, M., & Jensen, J. D. (in press). A missing mechanism of effect: How people who habitually replot stories react differently (or not so differently) to melanoma narratives. Journal of Health Communication.
2024
Wu, Y. P., Woodside, L. A., Kaphingst, K. A., Jensen, J. D., Hamilton, J. G., Kohlmann, W., Haaland, B., Brintz, B. J., Phillips, S. M., & Hay, J. L. (2024). The Risk Information and Skin-cancer Education for Undergraduate Prevention (RISE-UP) Study: Protocol for a trial of personalized sun protection interventions for skin cancer prevention among undergraduate students. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 147, 107728.
Adams, D. R., Ratcliff, C. L., Pokharel, M., Jensen, J. D., & Liao, Y. (2024). Communicating scientific uncertainty in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic: A message experiment. Risk Analysis, 44(7), 1700-1715.
Wu, Y. P, Stump, T. K., Hay, J. L., Buller, D. B., Jensen, J. D., Grossman, D., Shen, J., Haaland, B. A., Jones, J., & Tercyak, K. P. (2024). Protocol for a cluster-randomized trial of a school-based skin cancer preventive intervention for adolescents. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 140, 107494.
Pokharel, M., Lillie, H., Jensen, J. D., King, A. J., Ratcliff, C. L., & Barbour, J. B. (2024). Political party collective norms, perceived norms, and mask-wearing behavior: A test of the theory of normative social behavior. Manuscript accepted at Health Communication, 39(13), 3170-3179.
Ratcliff, C. L., Fleerackers, A., Wicke, R., Harvill, B., King, A. J., & Jensen, J. D. (2024). Framing COVID-19 vaccine preprint research as uncertain: A mixed-method study of public reactions. Health Communication, 39(2), 283-296.
Jensen, J. D., Loewen, S., Berger, J., Upshaw, S., Christy, K., & Lillie, H. M. (2024). Targeted communication and race: Explicating perceived message relevance. Psychology & Health, 39(9), 1200-1217.
2023
Chavez-Yenter, D., Lille, H. M., Gorissen, S., John, K. K., Vega, A. S., & Jensen, J. D. (2023). Spit, disgust, and parasite stress theory: A message experiment. Journal of Health Communication, 28(8), 498-506.
Pokharel, M., Lillie, H. M., Nagatsuka, K., Barbour, J. B., Ratcliff, C. L., & Jensen, J. D. (2023). Social media narratives can influence vaccine intentions: The impact of depicting regret and character death. Computers in Human Behavior, 141, 107612.
Brunsgaard, E., Jensen, J. D., & Grossman, D. (2023). Melanoma in skin of color: Part II. Racial disparities, role of UV, and interventions for earlier detection. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 89(3), 459-468.
Jensen, J. D., Parsons, B. G., Nagelhout, E. S., Pokharel, M., Christy, K. R., Ratcliff, C. L., Grossman, D., Haaland, B., & Wu, Y. P. (2023). Tailored visuals, implementation intentions, and sun safe behavior: A longitudinal message experiment. Health Psychology, 42(1), 5-14.
Lillie, H., Katz, R. A., Carcioppolo, N., Giorgi, E. A., & Jensen, J. D. (2023). Cancer information overload across time: Evidence from two longitudinal studies. Health Communication, 38(9), 1878-1886.
Upshaw, S., Jensen, J. D., Giorgi, E. A., Pokharel, M., Lillie, H. M., Adams, D. R., John, K. K., Wu, Y. P., & Grossman, D. (2023). Developing skin cancer education materials for darker skin populations: Crowdsourced design, message targeting, and acral lentiginous melanoma. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 46(3), 377-390
Liao, Y., Adams, D. R., Lillie, H. M., & Jensen, J. D. (2023). People wear masks when they ski: Comparing congruent and incongruent behavioral context appeals. Journal of Health Communication, 28(11), 728-738.
Jensen, J. D., Krakow, M. M., Christy, K. R., Ratcliff, C. L., Pokharel, M., Lillie, H. (2023). Validating cross-modal measures for comparative research: Message veracity, novelty, and memorability. Psychology & Marketing, 40(12), 2686-2710.
Pokharel, M., Jensen, J. D., John, K. K., Christy. K. R., Taylor-Burton, S. & Upshaw, S (2023). Visual tailoring and skin cancer prevention: Comparing personalized, stock, and non-ultraviolet images. Health Communication, 38(12), 2582-2591.
2022
Gorissen, S., Lillie, H. M., Chavez-Yenter, D., Vega, A. S., John, K. K., & Jensen, J. D. (2022). Explicitness, disgust, and safe sex behavior: A message experiment with U.S. adults. Social Science & Medicine, 313, 115414.
Wu, Y. P., Hamilton, J. G., Kaphingst, K. A. Jensen, J. D., Kohlmann, W., Parson, B. G., Hillie, H. M., Wang, X., Haaland, B., Wankier, A. P., Grossman, D., Hay, J. L. (2022). Increasing skin cancer prevention in young adults: The cumulative impact of personalized UV photography and MC1R genetic testing. Journal of Cancer Education, 38(3), 1059-1065.
Scherr, C. L., Lillie, H., Ratcliff, C. L., Krakow, M., Liu, M., & Jensen, J. D. (2022). Are some narratives better than others?: The impact of different narrative forms on adolescents’ intentions to text and drive. Risk Analysis, 42(10), 2176-2188.
Brady, H. L., Hamilton, J. G., Kaphingst, K. A., Jensen, J. D., Kohlmann, W., Parsons, B. G., Lillie, H. M., Wankier, A. P., Smith, H. J., Grossman, D., Hay, J. L., & Wu, Y. P. (2022). “Bigger than I thought”: Confronting skin cancer risk information in college. Health Expectations, 25(6), 2937-2949.
Jensen, J. D., Shannon, J., Iachan, R., Deng, Y., Kim, S. J., Demark-Wahnefried, W., Faseru, B., Paskett, E. D., Hu, J., Vanderpool, R. C., Lazovich, D., Mendoza, J. A., Shete, S., Robertson, L. B., Balkrishnan, R., Briant, K. J., Haaland, B., Haggstrom, D. A., & Fuemmeler, B. F. (2022). Examining rural-urban differences in fatalism and information overload: Data from twelve NCI-designated cancer centers. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 31(2), 393-403.
Kemp, D., King, A. J., Upshaw, S. J., Mackert, M., & Jensen, J. D. (2022). Applying harm reduction to COVID-19 prevention: The influence of moderation messages and risk infographics. Patient Education & Counseling, 105(2), 269-276.
Lillie, H., Pokharel, M., John, K. K., Christy, K. R., Upshaw, S., Giorgi, E. A., & Jensen, J. D. (2022). Does it matter if a story character lives or dies?: A message experiment comparing survivor and death narratives. Psychology & Health, 37(4), 419-439.
Gibson, B., Simonsen, S., Jensen, J. D., Yingling, L., Schaeffer, J. Sundaresh, V., Zhang, Y., & Altizer, R. (2022). Mobile virtual reality vs. mobile 360 video to promote enrollment in the diabetes prevention program amongst Hispanic adults. JMIR Diabetes, 7(1), e26013.
Mendoza, J. A., Miller, C. A., Martin, K. J., Resnicow, K., Iachan, R., Faseru, B., McDaniels-Davidson, C., Deng, Y., Martinez, M. E., Demark-Wahnefried, W., Leader, A. E., Lazovich, D., Jensen, J. D., Briant, K. J., & Fuemmeler, B. F. (2022). Examining the association of food insecurity and being up-to-date for breast and colorectal cancer screenings. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 31(5), 1017-1025.
2021
Ratcliff, C. L., Wong, B., Jensen, J. D., & Kaphingst, K. A. (2021). The impact of communicating uncertainty on public responses to precision medicine research. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 55(11), 1048-1061.
Parsons, B. G., Nagelhout, E. S., Wankier, A. P., Hu, N., Lensink, R., Zhu, A., Nottingham, K., Grossman, D., Jensen, J. D., & Wu, Y. P. (2021). Reactivity to ultraviolet radiation exposure monitoring using personal exposure devices. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 9(9), e29694.
Lillie, H., Jensen, J. D., Pokharel, M., & Upshaw, S. (2021). Death narratives, negative emotion, and counterarguing: Testing fear, anger, and sadness as mechanisms of effect. Journal of Health Communication, 26, 586-595.
Shete, S., Deng, Y., Shannon, J., Faseru, B., Middleton, D., Iachan, R., Bernardo, B., Balkrishnan, R., Kim, S. J., Huang, B., Millar, M. M., Fuemmler, B., Jensen, J. D., Mendoza, J. A.., Hu, J., Lazovich, D., Robertson, L., Demark-Wahnefried, W., Paskett, E. D. (2021). Differences in breast and colorectal screening adherence among women residing in urban and rural communities in the United States. JAMA Network Open, 4(10), e2128000-e2128000.
Nagelhout, E. S., Lensink, R., Zhu, A., Parsons, B. G., Haaland, B., Hashibe, M., Grossman, D., VanDerslice, J., Gren, L. H., Jensen, J. D., Wu, Y. P. (2021). Higher ultraviolet radiation exposure among rural-dwelling versus urban-dwelling adults and children: Implications for skin cancer prevention. Journal of Community Health, 46, 147-155.
2020
Jensen, J. D., Giorgi, E. A., Jackson, J. R., Berger, J., Katz, R. A., & Mobley, A. R. (2020). Revisiting nutrition backlash: Psychometric properties and discriminant validity of the nutrition backlash scale. Nutrition, 78, 1-7.
Jensen, J. D., King, A. J., Perez, D., Krakow, M., Coe, K., & Upshaw, S. (2020). Is news surveillance related to cancer knowledge in underserved adults?: Testing three versions of the cognitive mediation model. Journalism Studies, 21(9), 1186-1199.
Jensen, J. D., Pokharel, M., King, A. J., John, K. K., Wu, Y. P., & Grossman, D. (2020). Obstacles to skin self-examination: Are frontier adults inclined abstainers? Psychology, Health & Medicine, 25(4), 470-479.
Nagelhout, E. S., Lensink, R., Zhu, A., Parsons, B. G., Jensen, J. D., & Wu, Y. P. (2020). Feasibility and acceptability of using a newly developed wearable ultraviolet radiation exposure monitoring device for adults and children: A cross-sectional questionnaire study. JMIR Dermatology, 3(1), e15711.
Jensen, J. D., Pokharel, M., Carcioppolo, N., Upshaw, S., John, K. K., & Katz, R. A. (2020). Cancer information overload: Discriminant validity and relationship to sun safe behavior. Patient Education & Counseling, 103(2), 309-314.
2019
Nagelhout, E. S., Parsons, B. G., Haaland, B., Tercyak, K. P., Zaugg, K., Zhu, A., Harding, G., Yancey, J., Jensen, J. D., Grossman, D., Wetter, D. W., & Wu, Y. P. (2019). Differences in reported sun protection practices, skin cancer knowledge, and perceived risk for skin cancer between rural and urban high school students. Cancer Causes & Control, 30(11), 1251-1258.
Ratcliff, C. L., Jensen, J. D., Scherr, C. L., Krakow, M., & Crossley, K. (2019). Loss/gain framing, dose, and reactance: A message experiment. Risk Analysis, 39(12), 2640-2652.
Wu, Y. P., Parsons, B. G., Nagelhout, E., Haaland, B., Jensen, J. D., Zaugg, K., Caputo, H., Lensink, R., Harding, G., Yancey, J., Klein, S. Z., Leachman, S. A., & Tercyak, K. P. (2019). A four-group experiment to improve Western high school students’ sun protection behaviors. Translational Behavioral Medicine, 9(3), 468-479.
Pokharel, M., Christy, K. R., Jensen, J. D., Giorgi, E., John, K. K., & Wu, Y. P. (2019). Do ultraviolet photos increase sun safe behavior expectations via fear? A randomized controlled trial in a sample of U.S. adults. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 42(3), 401-422.
Christy, K. R., & Jensen, J. D. (2019). Examining the relationship between the Big Five, grit, and avoidance of automated communication scales in adults 40-65. Behaviour & Information Technology, 38(4), 336-344.
Christy, K. R., Jensen, J. D., Britt, B., Scherr, C. L., Jones, C., & Brown, N. (2019). I want to talk to a real person: Theorizing avoidance in the acceptance and use of automated technologies. Health Systems, 8(1), 31-43.
Carcioppolo, N., John, K. K., Jensen, J. D., & King, A. J. (2019). Joking about cancer as an avoidance strategy among US adults. Health Promotion International, 34(3), 420-428.
Jensen, J. D., John, K. K., Freeman, J., Carcioppolo, N., & Pokharel, M. (2019). Drink monitoring for self and others: Precollege drinkers and the Bad-Habit-Formation Hypothesis. Addiction Research & Theory, 27(3), 198-203.
Carcioppolo, N., Christy, K., Jensen, J. D., King, A. J., Goonewardene, J., & Raftery, D. (2019). Biomarker screening intentions: Factors predicting acceptance of a novel breast cancer screening technique. Health Systems, 8(1), 44-51.
2018
Krakow, M., Yale, R. N., Jensen J. D., Carcioppolo, N., & Ratcliff, C. L. (2018). Comparing mediational pathways for narrative- and argument-based messages: Believability, counterarguing, and emotional reaction. Human Communication Research,44(3), 299-321.
Jensen, J. D., Ratcliff, C. L., Yale, R. N., Krakow, M., Scherr, C. L., & Yeo, S. K. (2018). Persuasive impact of loss and gain frames on intentions to exercise: A test of six moderators. Communication Monographs, 85(2), 245-262.
John, K. K.,Jensen, J. D., King, A. J., Pokharel, M., & Grossman, D. (2018). Emerging applications of eye-tracking technology in dermatology. Journal of Dermatological Science, 91(2), 117-123.
King, A. J., Jensen, J. D., Guntzviller, L. M., Perez, D., & Krakow, M. (2018). Ethnic newspapers and low-income Spanish-speaking adults: Influence of news consumption and health motivation on cancer prevention behaviors. Ethnicity & Health, 23(4), 410-424.
Ratcliff, C. L., Kaphingst, K., & Jensen, J. D. (2018). When personal feels invasive: Foreseeing challenges in precision medicine communication. Journal of Health Communication, 23(2), 144-152.
2017
John, K. K., Jensen, J. D., King, A. J., Ratcliff, C. L., & Grossman, D. (2017). Do pattern-focused visuals improve skin self-examination performance? Explicating the visual skill acquisition model (VSAM). Journal of Health Communication, 22(9), 732-742.
Krakow, M., Yale, R. N., Perez Torres, D., Christy, K., & Jensen, J. D. (2017). Death narratives and cervical cancer: Impact of character death on narrative processing and HPV vaccination. Health Psychology, 36(1), 1173-1180.
Christy, K. R., Jensen, J. D., Sarapin, S. H., Yale, R. N., Weaver, J., & Pokharel, M. (2017). Theorizing the impact of targeted narratives: Model admiration and narrative memorability. Journal of Health Communication, 22(5), 433-441.
Guntzviller, L. M., Jensen, J. D., & Carreno, L. M. (2017). Latino children’s ability to interpret in health settings: A parent/child dyadic perspective on child health literacy. Communication Monographs, 84(2), 143-163. (Earlier version was an NCA Top Paper in Health Communication)
Jensen, J. D., Liu, M., Carcioppolo, N., John, K. K., Krakow, M., & Sun, Y. (2017). Health information seeking and scanning among U.S. adults 50 – 75: Testing a key postulate of the information overload model. Health Informatics Journal, 23(2), 96-108.
Guntzviller, L. M., King, A. J., Jensen, J. D., & Davis, L. A. (2017). Self-efficacy, health literacy, and nutrition and exercise behaviors in a low-income, Hispanic population. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 19(2), 489-493.
Jensen, J. D., Pokharel, M., Scherr, C. L., King, A. J., Brown, N., & Jones, C. (2017). Communicating uncertainty to the public: How amount and source of uncertainty impact fatalism, backlash, and overload. Risk Analysis, 37(1), 40-51.
Jensen, J. D., Yale, R. N., Krakow, M., John, K. K., & King, A. J. (2017). Theorizing foreshadowed death narratives: Examining the impact of character death on narrative processing and SSE intention. Journal of Health Communication, 22(1), 84-93.
Scherr, C. L., Jensen, J. D., & Christy, K. (2017). Dispositional pandemic worry and the health belief model: Promoting vaccination during pandemic events. Journal of Public Health, 39(4), e242-e250.
2016
Guntzviller, L. M., Yale, R., & Jensen, J. D. (2016). Foreign language communication anxiety outside of a classroom: Scale validation and curvilinear relationship with foreign language use. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 47(4), 605-625.
Jensen, J. D., Martins, N., Weaver, J., & Ratcliff, C. L. (2016). Educational TV consumption and children’s interest in leisure reading and writing: A test of the validated curriculum hypothesis. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 60(2), 213-230.
Chae, J., Lee, C-J., & Jensen, J. D. (2016). Correlates of cancer information overload: Focusing on individual ability and motivation. Health Communication, 31(5), 626-234.
Jensen, J. D., Holton, A. E., Krakow, M., Weaver, J., Donovan, E., & Tavtigian, S. (2016). Colorectal cancer prevention and intentions to use low-dose aspirin: A survey of 1,000 U.S. Adults 40 – 65. Cancer Epidemiology, 41, 99 – 105.
Jensen, J. D., Christy, K., Krakow, M., John, K., & Martins, N. (2016). Narrative transportability, leisure reading, and genre preference in children 9 – 13. Journal of Educational Research, 109(6), 666-674.
2015
Jones, C. L., Jensen, J. D., Scherr, C. L., Brown, N. R., Christy, K., & Weaver, J. (2015). The health belief model as an explanatory framework in communication research: Exploring parallel, serial, and moderated mediation. Health Communication, 30, 566-576. (2016 Golden Anniversary Monograph Award)
Yale, R. N., Jensen, J. D., Carcioppolo, N., Sun, Y., & Liu, M. (2015). Examining first- and second-order factor structures for news credibility. Communication Methods and Measures, 9(3), 152-169
King, A. J., Jensen, J. D., Carcioppolo, N., Krakow, M. M., & Sun, Y. (2015). Comparing theories of media learning: Cognitive mediation, information utility, and knowledge acquisition from cancer news. Mass Communication & Society, 18(6), 753-775.
Jensen, J. D., Ratcliff, C., Weaver, J., Krakow, M., Payton, W., & Loewen, S. (2015). Explicating perceived barriers to mammography via the USCREEN project: Concerns about breast implants, faith violations, and perceived recommendations. Breast Cancer Research & Treatment, 154(1), 201-207
Krakow, M., Jensen, J. D., Carcioppolo, N., Weaver, J., Liu, M., & Guntzviller, L. (2015). Psychosocial predictors of HPV vaccination intentions for unvaccinated college women: Religiosity, morality, promiscuity, and cancer worry. Women’s Health Issues, 25(2), 105-111.
Hurley, R. J., Jensen, J. D., Weaver, A. J., & Dixon, T. (2015). Viewer ethnicity matters: Black crime in TV news and its impact on decisions regarding public policy. Journal of Social Issues, 70(1), 155-170.
King, A. J., Carcioppolo, N., Grossman, D., John, K. K., & Jensen, J. D. (2015). A randomised test of skin self-examination techniques: ABCDE, ugly duckling sign, and variations in visual image dose. Health Education Journal, 74(6), 732-742.
Sarapin, S., Christy, K., Lareau, L., Krakow, M., & Jensen, J. D. (2015). Identifying admired models to increase emulation: Development of a multi-dimensional admiration scale (MAS). Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 48(2), 95-108.
2014
Jensen, J. D., Yale, R. N., Carcioppolo, N., Krakow, M., John, K. K., & Weaver, J. (2014). Confirming the two factor model of dispositional cancer worry. Psycho-Oncology, 24(6), 732-735.
Sun, Y., Jensen, J. D., Guntzviller, L. M., & Liu, M. (2014). Perceived message influence and Hispanic women: The disappearance of self-other perceptual bias. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 36(3), 366-382.
King, A. J., Jensen, J. D., Davis, L. A., & Carcioppolo, N. (2014). Perceived visual informativeness (PVI): Construct and scale development to assess visual health information in printed materials. Journal of Health Communication, 19, 1099-1115. [click here for the PVI scale]
Mobley, A., Maulding, M., & Jensen, J. D. (2014). Attitudes, beliefs and barriers related to milk consumption in older, low-income women. Journal of Nutrition Education & Behavior, 46(6), 554-559.
Jensen, J. D., Scherr, C. L., Brown, N., Jones, C., Christy, K., & Hurley, R. J. (2014). Public estimates of cancer frequency: Cancer incidence perceptions mirror distorted media depictions. Journal of Health Communication, 19, 609-624.
Jensen, J. D., King, A. J., Carcioppolo, N., Krakow, M., Samadder, N. J., & Morgan, S. E. (2014). Comparing tailored and narrative worksite interventions at increasing colonoscopy adherence in adults 50 – 75: A randomized controlled trial. Social Science & Medicine, 104, 31-40. [click here for the Perceived Message Relevance scale] (2015 Golden Anniversary Monograph Award)
Jensen, J. D., Carcioppolo, N., King, A. J., Scherr, C. L., Jones, C. L., & Niederdeppe, J. (2014). The cancer information overload (CIO) scale: Establishing predictive and discriminant validity. Patient Education & Counseling, 94, 90-96. [click here for the CIO scale]
Bernat, J. K., & Jensen, J. D. (2014). Measuring dispositional cancer worry in China and Belgium: A cross-cultural validation. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, 32, 189-206. [click here for the DCW scale]
Niederdeppe, J., Lee, T., Robbins, R., Kim, H. K., Kresovich, A., Kirshenblat, D., Standridge, K., Clarke, C. E., Jensen, J. D., & Fowler, E. F. (2014). Content and effects of news stories about uncertain cancer causes and preventive behaviors. Health Communication, 29, 332-346.
2013
King, A. J., Gehl, R. W., Grossman, D., & Jensen, J. D. (2013). Skin self-examinations and visual identification of atypical nevi: Comparing individual and crowdsourcing approaches. Cancer Epidemiology, 37, 979-984.
Jensen, J. D., Krakow, M., John, K. K., & Liu, M. (2013). Against conventional wisdom: When the public, the media, and medical practice collide. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 13(3), 1-7.
Jensen, J. D., Scherr, C. L., Brown, N., Jones, C. L., & Christy, K. (2013). Public perception of cancer survival rankings. Health Education & Behavior, 40, 721-729.
Martins, N., Weaver, A. J., Yeshua-Katz, D., Lewis, N., Tyree, N., & Jensen, J. D. (2013). A content analysis of print news coverage of media violence and aggression research. Journal of Communication, 63, 1070-1087.
Jensen, J. D., King, A. J., & Carcioppolo, N. (2013). Driving toward a goal and the goal-gradient hypothesis: The impact of goal proximity on compliance rate, donation size, and fatigue. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 43, 1881-1895. (Earlier version of study 1 was an NCA Top Paper in Communication & Social Cognition)
Bodie, G. D., Collins, W. B., Jensen, J. D., Davis, L. A., Guntzviller, L. M., & King, A. J. (2013). The conceptualization and measurement of cognitive health sophistication. Journal of Health Communication, 18, 426-441.
Carcioppolo, N., Jensen, J. D., Wilson, S. E., Collins, W. B., Carrion, M., & Linnemeier, G. (2013). Examining HPV threat-to-efficacy ratios in the extended parallel process model. Health Communication, 28, 20-28. (looking for the stimuli? Click here)
2012
Jensen, J. D., King, A. J., Carcioppolo, N., & Davis, L. A. (2012). Why are tailored messages more effective? A multiple mediation analysis of a breast cancer screening intervention. Journal of Communication, 62, 851-868. [click here for the Perceived Message Relevance scale]
Jensen, J. D., & Hurley, R. J. (2012). Conflicting stories about public scientific controversies: Effects of news convergence and divergence on scientist’s credibility. Public Understanding of Science, 21, 659-704.
Carcioppolo, N., & Jensen, J. D. (2012). Perceived historical drinking norms and current drinking behavior: Using the theory of normative social behavior as a framework for assessment. Health Communication, 27, 766-775.
2011
Teegarden, D., Lee, J., Adedokun, O., Childress, A., Parker, L. C., Burgess, W., & Jensen, J. D. (2011). Cancer prevention interdisciplinary education at Purdue University: Overview and preliminary results. Journal of Cancer Education, 26, 626-632.
Jensen, J. D., Imboden, K., & Ivic, R. (2011). Sensation seeking and narrative transportation: High sensation seeking children’s interest in reading outside of school. Scientific Studies of Reading, 15, 541-558.
Jensen, J. D., Bernat, J. K., Wilson, K., & Goonwardene, J. (2011). The delay hypothesis: The manifestation of media effects over time. Human Communication Research, 37, 509-528. (Earlier version was an NCA Top Paper in Mass Communication)
Guntzviller, L. M., Jensen, J. D., King, A. J., & Davis, L. A. (2011). The foreign language anxiety in medical office scale (FLAMOS): Developing and validating a measurement tool for Spanish-speaking individuals. Journal of Health Communication, 16, 849-869. [click here for the FLAMOS scale]
Jensen, J. D. (2011). Knowledge acquisition following exposure to cancer news articles: A test of the cognitive mediation model. Journal of Communication, 61, 514-534.
Jensen, J. D., Carcioppolo, N., King, A. J., Bernat, J. K., Davis, L. A., Yale, R., & Smith, J. (2011). Including limitations in news coverage of cancer research: Effects of news hedging on fatalism, medical skepticism, patient trust, and backlash. Journal of Health Communication, 16, 486-503. (2012 ComSHER Article of the Year)
Jensen, J. D., Weaver, A. J., Ivic, R., & Imboden, K. (2011). Developing a brief sensation seeking scale for children: Establishing concurrent validity with video game use and rule-breaking behavior. Media Psychology, 14, 71-95. [click here for the BSSS-C scale]
Tewksbury, D., Jensen, J. D., & Coe, K. (2011). Video news releases and the public: The impact of source labeling on the perceived credibility of television news. Journal of Communication, 61, 328-348.
Weaver, A. J., Jensen, J. D., Martins, N., Hurley, R. J., & Wilson, B. J. (2011). Liking violence and action: An examination of gender differences in children’s processing of animated content. Media Psychology, 14, 49-70.
2010
Jensen, J. D., Bernat, J. K., Davis, L. A., & Yale, R. (2010). Dispositional cancer worry: Convergent, divergent, and predictive validity of existing scales. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, 28, 470-489. [click here for the DCW scale]
Jensen, J. D., King, A. J., Davis, L. A., & Guntzviller, L. M. (2010). Utilization of Internet technology by low-income adults: The role of health literacy, health numeracy, and computer assistance. Journal of Aging & Health, 22, 804-826.
Moriarty, C. M., Jensen, J. D., & Stryker, J. E. (2010). Frequently cited sources in cancer news coverage: A content analysis examining the relationship between cancer news content and source citation. Cancer Causes & Control, 21, 41-49.
Jensen, J. D., King, A. J., Guntzviller, L. M., & Davis, L. A. (2010). Patient-provider communication and low-income adults: Age, race, literacy, and optimism predict communication satisfaction. Patient Education & Counseling, 79, 30-35.
Jensen, J. D., Moriarty, C. M., Hurley, R. J., & Stryker, J. E. (2010). Making sense of cancer news coverage trends: A comparison of three comprehensive content analyses. Journal of Health Communication, 15, 136-151.
2009
O’Keefe, D. J., & Jensen, J. D. (2009). The relative persuasiveness of gain- and loss-framed messages for encouraging disease detection: A meta-analytic review. Journal of Communication, 59, 296-316. (Earlier version was an ICA Top Paper in Health Communication)
2008
Jensen, J. D. (2008). Scientific uncertainty in news coverage of cancer research: Effects of hedging on scientists’ and journalists’ credibility. Human Communication Research, 34, 347-369.
Stryker, J. E., Moriarty, C. M., & Jensen, J. D. (2008). Effects of newspaper coverage on public knowledge about cancer prevention. Health Communication, 23, 380-390.
O’Keefe, D. J., & Jensen, J. D. (2008). Do loss-framed persuasive messages engender greater message processing than do gain-framed messages? A meta-analytic review. Communication Studies, 59, 51-67.
Jensen, J. D., & Moriarty, C. M. (2008). Psychosocial correlates of skin self-examinations. Journal of American College Health, 56, 701-705.
2007
O’Keefe, D. J., & Jensen, J. D. (2007). The relative persuasiveness of gain-framed and loss-framed messages for encouraging disease prevention behaviors: A meta-analytic review. Journal of Health Communication, 12, 623-644. (2008 Distinguished Article/Chapter in Health Communication)
Jensen, R. E., & Jensen, J. D. (2007). Entertainment media and sexual health: A content analysis of sexual talk, behavior, and risks in a popular television series. Sex Roles, 56, 275-284.
2006
O’Keefe, D. J., & Jensen, J. D. (2006). The advantages of compliance or the disadvantages of noncompliance? A meta-analytic review of the relative persuasive effectiveness of gain-framed and loss-framed messages. Communication Yearbook, 30, 1-43.
2005
Jensen, J. D., & Hurley, R. J. (2005). Third-person effects and the environment: Social distance, social desirability, and presumed behavior. Journal of Communication, 55, 242-256. (Earlier version was an NCA Top Paper in Mass Communication)
Publications – Book Chapters____________________________________________________
Jensen, J. D., Berger, J., & Lillie, H. M. (in press). Who is more vulnerable to visual manipulation? Traits and individual differences related to the visual manipulation test (VMT). In M. P. Boyle & A. M. Ranier (Eds.), Evolving Journalism Research Methods: Applications, Trends, Analyses. Routledge.
Liao, Y., Lillie, H. M., & Jensen, J. D. (in press). Infodemics and health information overload. In G. de Bruijn and H. Vandebosch (Eds.), Health, Media, & Communication. Mouton de Gruyter.
Lillie, H., Pokharel, M., Bergstrom, M. J., & Jensen, J. D. (2021). Perspective change in a time of crisis: The emotion and critical reflection model. In D. O’Hair & M. J. O’Hair (Eds.), Communicating science in times of crisis: Coronavirus (pp. 242-261). Wiley.
Ratcliff, C. L., Jensen, J. D., Christy, K., R., Crossley, K., & Krakow, M. (2018). News coverage of cancer research: Does disclosure of scientific uncertainty enhance credibility? In H. D. O’Hair (Ed.), Risk and health communication in an evolving media environment (pp. 156-175). New York, NY: Routledge. (Looking for the stimuli? Click here)
Jensen, J. D. (2012). Addressing health literacy in the design of health messages. In H. Cho (Ed.), Health communication message design: Theory, research, and practice (pp. 171-190). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
O’Keefe, D. J., & Jensen, J. D. (2011). The relative effectiveness of gain-framed and loss-framed persuasive appeals concerning obesity-related behaviors: Meta-analytic evidence and implications. In R. Batra, P. A. Keller, & V. J. Strecher (Eds.), Leveraging consumer psychology for effective health communications: The obesity challenge (pp. 171-185). Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe.