Busy lifestyles and mammography screening: time pressure and women's reattendance likelihood.
Psychol Health
; 28(8): 928-38, 2013.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23397934
ABSTRACT
Time pressure is often cited as a reason for non-attendance at mammography screening, although evidence from other areas of psychology suggests that time pressure can improve performance when barriers such as time pressure provide a challenge. We predicted that time pressure would negatively predict attendance in women whose self-efficacy for overcoming time pressure is low, but positively predict attendance when self-efficacy is high. Time pressure was operationalised as the self-reported number of dependent children and others, and average number of working hours per week. Australian women were surveyed after being invited to attend second or subsequent screenings at a free public screening service, and subsequent attendance monitored until six months after screening was due. The majority (87.5%) attended screening. Women with more dependent children and higher self-efficacy showed greater attendance likelihood, and women with fewer non-child dependants and lower self-efficacy were less likely to attend. Working hours did not predict attendance. Findings provide partial support for the idea that time pressure acts as a challenge for women with high self-efficacy.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Mamografia
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Programas de Rastreamento
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Gerenciamento do Tempo
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Estilo de Vida
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Oceania
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Psychol Health
Assunto da revista:
PSICOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2013
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Reino Unido