Jc. Andrews et al., THE ROLE OF COGNITIVE RESPONSES AS MEDIATORS OF ALCOHOL WARNING LABELEFFECTS, Journal of public policy & marketing, 12(1), 1993, pp. 57-68
The authors examine an important public policy issue, namely, the effe
ctiveness of federally mandated and proposed alcohol warning labels. S
pecifically, warning label cognitive responses are tested as mediators
of effects of five different alcohol warning label types on label att
itudes. On the basis of requirements for ANOVA-based mediation, net su
pport arguments mediated 76% of the warning label treatment effect on
label attitudes. Following requirements for regression-based mediation
, net support arguments mediated the relationship from attitude toward
drinking to label attitudes. Public policy implications and future re
search directions are provided.