The influence of acculturation and breast cancer-specific distress on perceived barriers to genetic testing for breast cancer among women of African descent

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 945-955

  Sussner, Katarina M ^a   Thompson, Hayley S ^a,b   Jandorf, Lina ^a   Edwards, Tiffany A ^a   Forman, Andrea ^a   Brown, Karen ^a   Kapil Pair, Nidhi ^a   Bovbjerg, Dana H ^c   Schwartz, Marc D ^d   Valdimarsdottir, Heiddis B ^a,e  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

African; Breast; Cancer; Genetic testing; Oncology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ETHNICITY; FAMILY STRESS; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; GUILT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; PREDICTION; STIGMA;

ACCULTURATION; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CULTURE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMOTIONS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PRIVACY; GENETIC TESTING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SICK ROLE;

EID: 70449428175     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1492     Document Type: Article

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