What women think: cancer causal attributions in a diverse sample of women.
J Psychosoc Oncol
; 33(1): 48-65, 2015.
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ABSTRACT
Women hold diverse beliefs about cancer etiology, potentially affecting their use of cancer preventive behaviors. Research has primarily focused on cancer causal attributions survivors and participants from non-diverse backgrounds hold. Less is known about attributions held by women with and without a family history of cancer from a diverse community sample. Participants reported factors they believed cause cancer. Open-ended responses were coded and relations between the top causal attributions and key factors were explored. Findings suggest certain socio-cultural factors play a role in the causal attributions women make about cancer, which can, in turn, inform cancer awareness and prevention messages.
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Assunto principal:
Mulheres
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Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde
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Neoplasias
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
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En
Ano de publicação:
2015
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Article