Predictors of Perceived Susceptibility of Breast Cancer and Changes Over Time: A Mixed Modeling Approach

Health Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 68-77

  McQueen, Amy ^a   Swank, Paul R ^b   Bastian, Lori A ^c   Vernon, Sally W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical School

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

attitude to health; mammography; perception; prospective studies; questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38949216394     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.27.1.68     Document Type: Article

References (45)

1. Aiken L.S., Fenaughty A.M., West S.G., Johnson J.J., and Luckett T.L. Perceived determinants of risk for breast cancer and the relations among objective risk, and screening behavior over time. Women's Health: Research on Gender, Behavior, and Policy 1 (1995) 27-50
2. Aiken L.S., West S.G., Woodward C.K., Reno R.R., and Reynolds K.D. Increasing screening mammography in asymptomatic women: Evaluation of a second-generation, theory-based program. Health Psychology 13 (1994) 526-538
3. Blalock S.J., DeVellis B.M., Afifi R.A., and Sandler R.S. Risk perceptions and participation in colorectal cancer screening. Health Psychology 9 (1990) 792-806
4. Bryk A.S., and Raudenbush S.W. Hierarchical linear models: Applications and data analysis methods change (1992), Sage, Newbury Park
5. Davis S., Stewart S., and Bloom J. Increasing the accuracy of perceived breast cancer risk: Results from a randomized trail with Cancer Information Service callers. Preventive Medicine 39 (2004) 64-73
6. Fishbein M. The role of theory in HIV prevention. AIDS Care 12 (2000) 273-278
7. Gail M.H., Brinton L.A., Byar D.P., Corle D.K., Green S.B., Schairer C., et al. Projecting individualized probabilities of developing breast cancer for white females who are being examined annually. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 81 (1989) 1879-1886
8. Gerend M.A., Aiken L.S., West S.G., and Erchull M.J. Beyond medical risk: Investigating the psychological factors underlying women's perceptions of susceptibility to breast cancer, heart disease, and osteoporosis. Health Psychology 23 (2004) 247-258
9. Gibbons F.X., Eggleston T.J., and Benthin A.C. Cognitive reactions to smoking relapse: The reciprocal relation between dissonance and self-esteem. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology 72 (1997) 184-195
10. Grunfeld E.A., Ramirez A.J., Hunter M.S., and Richards M.A. Women's knowledge and beliefs regarding breast cancer. British Journal of Cancer 86 (2002) 1373-1378
11. Hartmann L.C., Sellers T.A., Frost M.H., Lingle W.L., Degnim A.C., Ghosh K., et al. Benign breast disease and the risk of breast cancer. The New England Journal of Medicine 353 (2005) 229-237
12. Hay J.L., Coups E.J., and Ford J.S. Predictors of perceived risk for colon cancer in a national probability sample in the United States. Journal of Health Communication 11 (2006) 71-92
13. Helzlsouer K.J., Ford D.E., Hayward R.S.A., and Midzenski M. Perceived risk of cancer and practice of cancer prevention behaviors among employees in an oncology center. Preventive Medicine 23 (1994) 302-308
14. Janz N.K., and Becker M.H. The health belief model: A decade later. Health Education Quarterly 11 (1984) 1-47
15. Katapodi M.C., Lee K.A., Facione N.C., and Dodd M.J. Predictors of perceived breast cancer risk and the relation between perceived risk and breast cancer screening: A meta-analytic review. Preventive Medicine 38 (2004) 388-402
16. Klein W.M. Maintaining self-serving social comparisons: Attenuating the perceived significance of risk-increasing behaviors. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology 15 (1996) 120-142
17. Lipkus I.M., Iden D., Terrenoire J., and Feaganes J.R. Relationships among breast cancer concern, risk perceptions, and interest in genetic testing for breast cancer susceptibility among African-American women with and without a family history of breast cancer. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention 8 (1999) 533-539
18. Lipkus I.M., and Klein W.M.P. Effects of communicating social comparison information on risk perceptions for colorectal cancer. Journal of Health Communication 11 (2006) 391-407
19. Lipkus I.M., Klein W.M.P., and Rimer B.K. Communicating breast cancer risks to women using different formats. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers Prevention 10 (2001) 895-898
20. Lipkus I.M., Klein W.M.P., Skinner C.S., and Rimer B.K. Breast cancer risk perceptions and breast cancer worry: What predicts what?. Journal of Risk Research 8 (2005) 439-452
21. Lipkus I.M., Kuchibhatla M., McBride C.M., Bosworth H.B., Pollack K., Siegler I.C., et al. Relationships among breast cancer, perceived absolute risk, comparative risk, and worries. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention 9 (2000) 973-975
22. Lipkus I.M., Skinner C.S., Dement J., Pompeii L., Moser B., Samsa G.P., and Ransohoff D. Increasing colorectal cancer screening among individuals in the carpentry trade: Test of risk communication interventions. Preventive Medicine 40 (2005) 489-501
23. Littell R.C., Milliken G.A., Stroup W.W., and Wolfinger R.D. SAS systems for mixed models (1996), SAS Institute, Inc, Cary, NC
24. McCaul K.D., Branstetter A.D., Schroeder D.M., and Glasgow R.E. What is the relationship between breast cancer risk and mammography screening? A meta-analytic review. Health Psychology 15 (1996) 423-429
25. McQueen, A., Vernon, S. W., Myers, R. E., & Tilley, B. C. (2006). Examining mediators of perceived susceptibility on colorectal cancer screening intention and behavior among male autoworkers. Paper presented at the 27th annual meeting for Society of Behavioral Medicine. San Francisco, CA.
26. Oncken C., McKee S., Krishnan-Sarin S., O'Malley S., and Mazure C.M. Knowledge and perceived risk of smoking-related conditions: A survey of cigarette smokers. Preventive Medicine 40 (2005) 779-784
27. Quilin J.M., Fries E., McClish D., deParedes E.S., and Bodurtha J. Gail model risk assessment and risk perceptions. Journal of Behavioral Medicine 27 (2004) 205-214
28. Robb K.A., Miles A., and Wardle J. Demographic and psychosocial factors associated with perceived risk for colorectal cancer. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention 13 (2004) 366-372
29. Rogers R.W., and Prentice-Dunn S. Protection motivation theory. In: Gochman D.S. (Ed). Handbook of health behavior research (1997), Plenum Press, NY 113-132
30. Rosenthal R. How are we doing in soft psychology?. American Psychologist 45 (1990) 775-777
31. Snijders T., and Bosker R. Multilevel Analysis: An introduction to basic and advanced multilevel modeling (1999), Sage, Thousand Oaks, CA
32. Soofi E.S., Retzer J.J., and Yasai-Ardekani M. A framework for measuring the importance of variables with applications to management research and decision models. Decision Sciences 31 (2000) 595-625
33. Stewart A.L., Hays R.D., and Ware Jr. J.E. The MOS short-form general health survey: Reliability and validity in a patient population. Medical Care 26 (1988) 724-735
34. Tiro J.A., Diamond P., Perz C.A., Fernandez M.E., Rakowski W.A., DiClemente C.C., et al. Validation of scales measuring attitudes and norms related to mammography screening in women veterans. Health Psychology 24 (2005) 555-566
35. Vernon S.W. Risk perception and risk communication for cancer screening behaviors: A review. Journal of the National Cancer Institute Monographs (1999) 101-119
36. Vernon S.W., Myers R.E., and Tilley B.C. Development and validation of an instrument to measure factors related to colorectal cancer screening adherence. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention 6 (1997) 825-832
37. Vernon S.W., Myers R.E., Tilley B.C., and Li S. Factors associated with perceived risk in automotive employees at increased risk of colorectal cancer. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention 10 (2001) 35-43
38. Vernon S.W., Vogel V.G., Halabi S., and Bondy M.L. Factors associated with perceived risk of breast cancer among women attending a screening program. Breast Cancer Research 28 (1993) 137-144
39. Wang J., Costantino J.P., Tan-Chiu E., Wickerham D.L., Paik S., and Wolmark N. Lower-category benign breast disease and the risk of invasive breast cancer. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 96 (2004) 616-620
40. Weinstein N.D. The precaution adoption process. Health Psychology 7 (1988) 355-386
41. Weinstein N.D. Perceptions of personal susceptibility to harm. In: Mays V.M., Albee G.W., and Schneider S.F. (Eds). Primary Prevention of AIDS (1989), Sage, Newbury Park 142-167
42. Weinstein N.D. What does it mean to understand a risk? Evaluating risk comprehension. Journal of the National Cancer Institute Monographs 25 (1999) 15-20
43. Weinstein N.D., Atwood K., Puleo E., Fletcher R., Colditz G., and Emmons K.M. Colon cancer: Risk perceptions and risk communication. Journal of Health Communication 9 (2004) 53-65
44. Wild T.C., and Cunningham J. Psychosocial determinants of perceived vulnerability to harm among adult drinkers. Journal of Studies on Alcohol 62 (2001) 105-113
45. Windschitl, P. D. (2003). Measuring and conceptualizing perceptions of vulnerability/likelihood. Paper presented at the Conceptualizing and Measuring Risk Perceptions Workshop. Washington, DC. Paper retrieved June 12, 2003, from http://dccps.nci.nih.gov/BRP/presentations/windschitl.pdf#search='Windschitl%20and%20perceived%20risk'