The word 'cancer': reframing the context to reduce anxiety arousal
The word 'cancer': reframing the context to reduce anxiety arousal
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1467-842x.2003.tb00397.x
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发表时间：
2003-06-01
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Jones, SC
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作者：
Donovan, RJ;Jalleh, G;Jones, SC
这项研究以两种方式调查了对“癌症”和“癌症”的反应：（1）评估与口语单词“癌症”或“癌症”的关联;（2）向参与者展示一种情况，一个人对另一个人说“我有癌症”或“我有癌症”。参与者是112名成年人（即18岁或以上）的便利样本，55名男性和57名女性，通过珀斯（西澳大利亚州）中央商务区的购物中心拦截调查招募。参与者被随机分配到“癌症”状态或“癌症”状态。这两种方法都证实，癌症主要引起绝大多数人的负面情感反应。据推测，使用“癌症”可能会导致比“癌症”这个词更少的负面影响联想。这被发现是口语单词联想技术的情况下，但不是印刷卡通技术。
This study investigated reaction to the word 'cancer' versus the phrase 'a cancer' in two ways: (1) assessing associations to the spoken words 'cancer' or 'a cancer'; and (2) presenting participants with a situation where one person says to another in print 'I have cancer' or 'l have a cancer'. The participants were a convenience sample of 112 adults (i.e. aged 18 years or over), 55 males and 57 females, recruited via a mall intercept survey in the Perth (Western Australia) central business district. Participants were randomly assigned to either the 'cancer' condition or the 'a cancer' condition. Both methods confirmed that cancer arouses primarily negative affective responses in the vast majority of people. It was hypothesised that using 'a cancer' might lead to less negative affect associations than just the word 'cancer'. This was found to be the case for the spoken word association technique, but not for the printed cartoon technique.