OPTIMISTIC BIAS IN CANCER RISK PERCEPTION - A CROSS-NATIONAL STUDY
OPTIMISTIC BIAS IN CANCER RISK PERCEPTION - A CROSS-NATIONAL STUDY
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DOI：
10.2466/pr0.1995.77.1.143
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发表时间：
1995-08-01
影响因子：
2.3
通讯作者：
SMITH, S
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作者：
FONTAINE, KR;SMITH, S
结果是从一个试点研究中，风险的看法发展癌症的样本中，美国和英国的成年人进行了比较。61名美国人和43名英国人估计了自己和普通人患癌症的可能性。作为一个群体，参与者倾向于判断他们个人患癌症的可能性低于平均水平，支持乐观偏见的存在。然而，与美国人相比，英国受访者倾向于认为自己和普通人患癌症的可能性较小。变量之间没有性别差异或相互作用。讨论集中在两个国家之间可能存在的差异方面的控制和对自己的健康状况的责任，这可能是调查结果的原因。
Results are presented from a pilot study in which risk perceptions for developing cancer in samples of American and British adults were compared. 61 American and 43 British people estimated the likelihood of cancer happening to themselves and the average person. As a group, participants tended to judge their personal likelihood of developing cancer as less than the average, supporting the presence of an optimistic bias. However, compared to the Americans, British respondents tended to perceive both themselves and the average person to be less likely to develop cancer. There were no gender differences or interactions between the variables. Discussion centered on possible variations between the two countries with respect to perceptions of control and responsibility for one's health status which may account for the findings.