Perceived and Actual Breast Cancer Risk
dc.contributor.author | Skinner, Celette | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Kreuter, Matthew | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Kobrin, Sarah | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Strecher, Victor J. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-04-13T18:56:17Z | |
dc.date.available | 2010-04-13T18:56:17Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1998 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Skinner, Celette; Kreuter, Matthew; Kobrin, Sarah; Strecher, Victor (1998). "Perceived and Actual Breast Cancer Risk." Journal of Health Psychology 3(2): 181-193. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/66881> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1359-1053 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/66881 | |
dc.description.abstract | Perceived risk can influence health behaviors. Studies using various populations and breast cancer risk bias assessment methods have identified both risk over- and underestimation. Among 1803 women in primary care settings, 47 percent were at average epidemiologic risk (Gail-calculated relative risk ±50 percent of age-adjusted population average) and 55 percent perceived themselves to be at average risk (compared to same-age others) but there were mismatches or ‘biases’: 31 percent underestimated personal risk; 26 percent overestimated. Multiple logistic regression revealed that smokers were more likely to overestimate risk. Overestimation decreased with more education. Mammography use did not independently predict perception bias but, among never-screened women aged over 40 years, those contemplating mammograms were most likely to overestimate risk; precontemplators were most likely to underestimate. Implications for research and intervention are discussed. | en_US |
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dc.publisher | Sage Publications | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Bias | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Breast Cancer | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Perception | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Risk | en_US |
dc.title | Perceived and Actual Breast Cancer Risk | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Psychology | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Social Sciences | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, USA | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Health Communications Research Laboratory, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, St Louis, Missouri, USA | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Health Communications Research Laboratory, University of North Carolina School of Public Health, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/66881/2/10.1177_135910539800300203.pdf | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1177/135910539800300203 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Journal of Health Psychology | en_US |
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