Open AccessEffect of Superstitious Beliefs and Risk Intuitions on Genetic Test Decisions
Author(s) -
Kristen E. Riley,
Andrew L. Sussman,
Elizabeth Schofield,
Dolores D. Guest,
Yvonne Dailey,
Matthew Schwartz,
David B. Buller,
Keith Hunley,
Kimberly A. Kaphingst,
Marianne Berwick,
Jennifer L. Hay
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
medical decision making
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.393
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1552-681X
pISSN - 0272-989X
DOI - 10.1177/0272989x211029272
Subject(s) - affect (linguistics) , cognition , risk perception , psychology , clinical psychology , odds ratio , genetic testing , distress , cognitive test , confidence interval , feeling , risk assessment , causation , medicine , perception , psychiatry , social psychology , computer security , communication , neuroscience , computer science , political science , law
Moving beyond numeric representations of risk perceptions, we examine cognitive causation, or superstitious thinking, and negative affect in risk as predictors of MC1R (i.e., moderate v. high risk) skin cancer genetic testing and responses to this testing.