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Title: | Factors affecting the decision to have genetic testing for breast cancer |
Authors: | Faccenda, Karen A. |
Keywords: | Behavioral psychology. Public health. Oncology. Women's studies. |
Issue Date: | 1999 |
Publisher: | ProQuest Dissertations & Theses |
Citation: | Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 60-02, Section: B, page: 8140. |
Abstract: | The psychosocial factors that predict genetic testing for breast cancer were examined in a group of 100 women attending a breast cancer screening clinic. The women participated in a research study in which the opportunity to donate DNA for BRCA1 testing was offered. After a baseline assessment oil demographic variables, objective risk, general and cancer-specific distress, perceived risk and the personality trait, neuroticism, participants were offered the opportunity to receive free genetic counseling and BRCA1 testing. overall, 61% of the sample donated blood in order to learn their carrier status. The factors related to DNA donation were: age, income, education, objective risk, general distress and neuroticism. After controlling for all other variables, neuroticism was a significant predictor of test use (R Square Change (1, N = 94) = 5.12, p = .05). This is the first study to examine personality in relation to genetic testing for breast cancer. |
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Appears in Collections: | Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology: Doctoral Dissertations |
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