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Experiencing the cancer of a loved one influences decision-making for breast cancer prevention
- Source :
- Journal of Health Psychology. 25:1064-1075
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publications, 2017.
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Abstract
- Prior research demonstrates that family history influences breast cancer prevention decisions among healthy women at elevated risk of the disease. Drawing on in-depth interviews with 50 African American and White women, this study reveals an important psychological mechanism of this relationship: exposure to cancer among loved ones. Four distinct categories of cancer exposure (Abstract, Generalized, Practical, and Traumatic), distinguished by the characteristics of women’s experiences with cancer among family members and close friends, are associated with differences in knowledge and decisions about breast cancer prevention options. Racial differences and distinct experiences among those with BRCA mutations are also discussed.
- Subjects :
- Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Decision Making
Health Behavior
Genes, BRCA1
Breast Neoplasms
Friends
Disease
Risk Assessment
White People
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Breast cancer
medicine
Humans
Family
030212 general & internal medicine
Family history
Applied Psychology
African american
White (horse)
Mechanism (biology)
business.industry
Cancer
medicine.disease
Black or African American
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Female
business
Clinical psychology
Qualitative research
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14617277 and 13591053
- Volume :
- 25
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Health Psychology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....9c4a0e67f5a7ad31b944b83813745778
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105317746480