Fear of cancer, its antecedents, correlates, and disease risk estimates

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2023-09-22 DOI:10.1177/20570473231197297

Lijiang Shen, Michelle L Acevedo Callejas

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Abstract

Individuals and society as a whole seem to be particularly fearful of cancer. A web-based study with data collected from Qualtrics panels in the United States ( N = 810) was conducted to investigate the antecedents, consequences, and correlates of fear of cancer. Comparisons were made across four cancers (lung, thyroid, pancreas, and melanoma) that varied in prevalence and death rate, and three non-cancer diseases (heart attack, diabetes, and HIV/AIDS). Individuals were indeed particularly scared of cancer. Their fear was influenced by threat appraisals related to both disease and treatment side effects. Risk estimates for diseases were influenced jointly by emotion and threat appraisal.

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对癌症的恐惧、其前因后果、相关因素和疾病风险评估

个人和整个社会似乎都特别害怕癌症。一项基于网络的研究收集了来自美国Qualtrics小组(N = 810)的数据，以调查癌症恐惧的前因、后果和相关因素。研究人员对患病率和死亡率不同的四种癌症(肺癌、甲状腺癌、胰腺癌和黑色素瘤)和三种非癌症疾病(心脏病、糖尿病和艾滋病)进行了比较。人们确实特别害怕癌症。他们的恐惧受到与疾病和治疗副作用相关的威胁评估的影响。疾病的风险估计受到情绪和威胁评估的共同影响。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

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