Risk Perception Measures' Associations With Behavior Intentions, Affect, and Cognition Following Colon Cancer Screening Messages
Risk Perception Measures' Associations With Behavior Intentions, Affect, and Cognition Following Colon Cancer Screening Messages
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DOI：
10.1037/a0024787
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发表时间：
2012-01-01
影响因子：
4.2
通讯作者：
Fagerlin, Angela
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作者：
Dillard, Amanda J.;Ferrer, Rebecca A.;Fagerlin, Angela
目的：风险认知对于激励健康行为是重要的。例如，在一个实施例中，Janz & Becker，1984），但不同的结构措施可能会改变这种关系的重要性。在两项研究中，我们研究了风险感知，健康行为意图和可能的行为决定因素的四个措施之间的关联。研究方法：这些研究的参与者，谁是由于结直肠癌筛查，阅读有关筛查的重要性，以减少癌症的机会在线消息。我们研究了风险感知指标（包括绝对风险、比较风险和风险感受）与筛查行为意图、一般担忧以及与筛查相关的知识和态度之间的二元和多元关联。结果：两项研究的结果是一致的，所有的风险感知措施与意图和态度相关。多变量分析显示，风险感是所有变量中最具预测性的，除了一般的担忧，比较措施是最具预测性的。结论：对风险感知感兴趣的研究人员应该用更传统的方法来评估风险感受沿着。那些对影响健康行为感兴趣的人特别应该尝试增加脆弱感，而不是数字风险。
Objective: Risk perception is important for motivating health behavior (e. g., Janz & Becker, 1984), but different measures of the construct may change how important that relationship appears. In two studies, we examined associations between four measures of risk perception, health behavior intentions and possible behavioral determinants. Methods: Participants in these studies, who were due for colorectal cancer screening, read an online message about the importance of screening to reduce the chance of cancer. We examined bivariate and multivariate associations between risk perception measures, including absolute, comparative, and feelings-of-risk, and behavioral intentions to screen, general worry, and knowledge and attitudes related to screening. Results: Results across the two studies were consistent, with all risk perception measures being correlated with intentions and attitudes. Multivariate analyses revealed that feelings-of-risk was most predictive of all variables, with the exception of general worry, for which comparative measures were the most predictive. Conclusions: Researchers interested in risk perception should assess feelings-of-risk along with more traditional measures. Those interested in influencing health behavior specifically should attempt to increase feelings of vulnerability rather than numerical risk.