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Mutually dependent health beliefs associated with breast self-examination in British female university students
1School of Natural Sciences and Psychology, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom. f.k.umeh@ljmu.ac.uk
Objective:
Whereas research suggests young women's beliefs about breast cancer (susceptibility/severity) and its early detection (barriers/benefits) reliably distinguish breast self-examiners from nonexaminers, this study assessed whether these impressions are interreliant, especially in the context of familial risk.
Participants:
The sample comprised over 200 female undergraduates from a university in England, United Kingdom.
Methods:
Participants completed a self-administered survey on their attitudes concerning breast cancer and early detection. Data were analyzed using logistic regression analysis.
Results:
Nonexaminers were distinguished by a combination of greater perceived hindrances to self-examinations and stronger appraisals of breast cancer severity, and also by a permutation of fewer perceived benefits in self-examinations and lower perceived susceptibility to breast cancer. The latter interaction persisted after accounting for family history.
Conclusions:
Interwoven attitudes may depict sophisticated efforts on the part of nonexaminers to justify inaction. Clinical implications for college health providers are considered.
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