Abstract
Short health messages can be used in various telehealth applications. Due to technological restrictions, these messages often need to be short. The central question in this paper is whether it is desirable to use explicit instructions or not. Two personality characteristics - reactance and need for closure - were hypothesized to influence people's reaction towards explicit messages. Findings provided no support for the hypothesis but did point to an unexpected effect of message explicitness: explicit messages were appreciated less than implicit messages, but did lead to greater message compliance.
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