The influence of family history on cognitive heuristics, risk perceptions, and prostate cancer screening behavior

Health Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1158-1169

  McDowell, Michelle E ^a   Occhipinti, Stefano ^a   Chambers, Suzanne K ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive heuristics; Family history; Prostate cancer testing; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COGNITIVE HEURISTICS; FAMILY HISTORY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PERCEPTION; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW;

EID: 84887536980     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031622     Document Type: Article

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