Future-oriented Emotions and Decisions to Receive Genomic Testing Results Among U.S. Adults of African Ancestry.
Arielle S GillmanIrina A IlesWilliam M P KleinBarbara B BieseckerKatie L LewisLeslie G BieseckerRebecca A FerrerPublished in: Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine (2022)
Our results highlight the role of future-oriented emotions in genomic testing among participants who are typically underrepresented in genomic testing studies and behavioral medicine broadly. Future work should examine whether interventions targeting future-oriented emotions such as anticipated regret may have clinically meaningful effects in genetic counseling in similar cohorts.