Being 'at-risk' for developing cancer: Cognitive representations and psychological outcomes

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 197-208

  Shiloh, Shoshana ^a   Drori, Erga ^a   Orr Urtreger, Avi ^a,b   Friedman, Eitan ^a,c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Being at risk; Cancer risk; Illness causal attributions; Motivated reasoning; Risk perceptions

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANXIETY; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; GENES, BRCA1; GENES, BRCA2; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING;

EID: 62949204413     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: 15733521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10865-008-9178-z     Document Type: Article

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