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Perceived susceptibility to breast cancer moderates the effect of gain- and loss-framed messages on use of screening mammography.

Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association - 1 Mar 2011

Gallagher Kristel M, Updegraff John A, Rothman Alexander J, Sims Linda

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OBJECTIVE: This study examined the role of three distinct beliefs about risk (risks associated with screening, construal of the function of screening as health-affirming or illness-detecting, and perceived susceptibility to breast cancer) in moderating women's responses to framed messages that promote mammography. DESIGN: Three hundred fifty-five women recruited from an inner city hospital, nonadherent to...

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PMID: 21401248
DOI: 10.1037/a0022264
PMCID: PMC4679369

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