Self-regulation and the behavioural response to DNA risk information: a theoretical analysis and framework for future research.

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The few studies conducted to date suggest that DNA risk information may be less likely to achieve behaviour change than other types of health risk information. We draw upon self-regulation theory to explain and predict the characteristics of risk information that are more and less likely to motivate behaviour change. Self-regulation theory describes how information about a health threat is processed within...

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