Journal of behavioral medicine, 1998-12, Vol.21 (6), p.565-579
1998
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- Autor(en) / Beteiligte
- Titel
- A descriptive study of breast cancer worry
- Ist Teil von
- Journal of behavioral medicine, 1998-12, Vol.21 (6), p.565-579
- Ort / Verlag
- New York, NY: Springer
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 1998
- Quelle
- Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- Women with (n = 65) and without (n = 70) a family history of breast cancer reported on their thoughts and concern about the disease. Measures were taken across a 1-month interval and at a 1-year follow-up. Reported screening behaviors were also measured at baseline and the 1-year follow-up. Worry dissipated over time, suggesting that worry levels are affected by the measurement context. However, women with a family history of the disease maintained greater worry than those without such a history, suggesting that they may be chronically worried about the disease. Thinking and worrying about breast cancer were both modestly and positively related to the frequency of screening behaviors, suggesting that some kinds of worry can motivate self-protective behavior.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 0160-7715eISSN: 1573-3521DOI: 10.1023/A:1018748712987Titel-ID: cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_69142317
- Format
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- Schlagworte
- Adaptation, Psychological, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Biological and medical sciences, Breast cancer, Breast Neoplasms - psychology, Breast Self-Examination - psychology, Family Characteristics, Female, Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology, Genetic Predisposition to Disease - psychology, Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Humans, Illness and personality, Interviews as Topic, Mammary gland diseases, Medical sciences, Middle Aged, Personality Inventory, Personality, behavior and health, Psychology and medicine, Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry, Psychology. Psychophysiology, Stress, Psychological - psychology, Tumors