Open AccessAssociations of perceived norms with intentions to learn genomic sequencing results: Roles for attitudes and ambivalence.
Author(s) -
Allecia E. Reid,
Jennifer M. Taber,
Rebecca A. Ferrer,
Barbara Biesecker,
Katie Lewis,
William M. P. Klein
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
health psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.548
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1930-7810
pISSN - 0278-6133
DOI - 10.1037/hea0000579
Subject(s) - social norms approach , psycinfo , psychology , ambivalence , social psychology , normative , structural equation modeling , descriptive statistics , normative social influence , genomic sequencing , developmental psychology , medline , perception , genetics , philosophy , statistics , mathematics , epistemology , neuroscience , genome , biology , political science , gene , law
Genomic sequencing is becoming increasingly accessible, highlighting the need to understand the social and psychological factors that drive interest in receiving testing results. These decisions may depend on perceived descriptive norms (how most others behave) and injunctive norms (what is approved of by others). We predicted that descriptive norms would be directly associated with intentions to learn genomic sequencing results, whereas injunctive norms would be associated indirectly, via attitudes. These differential associations with intentions versus attitudes were hypothesized to be strongest when individuals held ambivalent attitudes toward obtaining results.