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Predictors of adoption of mammography in women under age 50.

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Siegler, IC; Feaganes, JR; Rimer, BK
Published in: Health Psychol
May 1995

Women in the University of North Carolina Alumni Heart Study reported their knowledge of and attitudes toward mammography as well as their adoption of mammography by 1991. Personality measured in 1988-1989 at the age of 42 was associated with the pattern of adoption of mammography reported 2 years later. Adoption of regular mammograms was predicted by conscientiousness, extraversion, and lower depression but not by anxiety. After adjusting for 8 traditional predictors of mammography shown to be significant in this population, the previous personality factors did not maintain their significance. When the women were divided into those who reported breast problems and those who did not, the same set of adjustment factors reduced, but did not eliminate, the association of conscientiousness with adoption of mammography for women without breast problems.

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Health Psychol

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ISSN

0278-6133

Publication Date

May 1995

Volume

14

Issue

3

Start / End Page

274 / 278

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Risk Factors
  • Public Health
  • Prospective Studies
  • Personality Inventory
  • Patient Acceptance of Health Care
  • North Carolina
  • Middle Aged
  • Mass Screening
  • Mammography
  • Humans
 

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Siegler, I. C., Feaganes, J. R., & Rimer, B. K. (1995). Predictors of adoption of mammography in women under age 50. Health Psychol, 14(3), 274–278. https://doi.org/10.1037//0278-6133.14.3.274
Siegler, I. C., J. R. Feaganes, and B. K. Rimer. “Predictors of adoption of mammography in women under age 50.Health Psychol 14, no. 3 (May 1995): 274–78. https://doi.org/10.1037//0278-6133.14.3.274.
Siegler IC, Feaganes JR, Rimer BK. Predictors of adoption of mammography in women under age 50. Health Psychol. 1995 May;14(3):274–8.
Siegler, I. C., et al. “Predictors of adoption of mammography in women under age 50.Health Psychol, vol. 14, no. 3, May 1995, pp. 274–78. Pubmed, doi:10.1037//0278-6133.14.3.274.
Siegler IC, Feaganes JR, Rimer BK. Predictors of adoption of mammography in women under age 50. Health Psychol. 1995 May;14(3):274–278.

Published In

Health Psychol

DOI

ISSN

0278-6133

Publication Date

May 1995

Volume

14

Issue

3

Start / End Page

274 / 278

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Risk Factors
  • Public Health
  • Prospective Studies
  • Personality Inventory
  • Patient Acceptance of Health Care
  • North Carolina
  • Middle Aged
  • Mass Screening
  • Mammography
  • Humans