The Relation of Ideology of Positive Thinking with the Perception of Cancer Risk and Ways of Treating It in Medellin, Colombia.

Luis Felipe Higuita-Gutiérrez Diego Alejandro Estrada-Mesa Jaiberth Antonio Cardona-Arias

Published in: Psychology research and behavior management (2022)

The results show that PTI affects perceptions about the cancer, its etiology and treatment. This effect is greater in undereducated people and in self-help book readers. The instrument showed excellent reliability, internal consistency, discriminating power, content, and construct validity properties.

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