Effect of Superstitious Beliefs and Risk Intuitions on Genetic Test Decisions.
Kristen E RileyAndrew L SussmanElizabeth SchofieldDolores D GuestYvonne T DaileyMatthew R SchwartzDavid B BullerKeith HunleyKimberly A KaphingstMarianne BerwickJennifer L HayPublished in: Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making (2021)
Negative affect in risk did not hamper test information seeking, although it did inhibit the uptake of genetic testing. Those with higher cognitive causation showed more fear regarding their test result, as indicated by higher distress in those who received average-risk results and lower believability in those who received higher-risk results.
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