TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparing decision making between cancer patients and the general population
T2 - Thoughts, emotions, or social influence?
AU - Janet Yang, Z.
AU - McComas, Katherine A.
AU - Gay, Geri K.
AU - Leonard, John P.
AU - Dannenberg, Andrew J.
AU - Dillon, Hildy
N1 - Funding Information:
Data collection for this study was supported by a research grant from The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. This article represents the views of the authors and not necessarily the views of the funding agency.
Copyright:
Copyright 2012 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2012/4/1
Y1 - 2012/4/1
N2 - This study extends a risk information seeking and processing model to explore the relative effect of cognitive processing strategies, positive and negative emotions, and normative beliefs on individuals' decision making about potential health risks. Most previous research based on this theoretical framework has examined environmental risks. Applying this risk communication model to study health decision making presents an opportunity to explore theoretical boundaries of the model, while also bringing this research to bear on a pressing medical issue: low enrollment in clinical trials. Comparative analysis of data gathered from 2 telephone surveys of a representative national sample (n=500) and a random sample of cancer patients (n=411) indicated that emotions played a more substantive role in cancer patients' decisions to enroll in a potential trial, whereas cognitive processing strategies and normative beliefs had greater influences on the decisions of respondents from the national sample.
AB - This study extends a risk information seeking and processing model to explore the relative effect of cognitive processing strategies, positive and negative emotions, and normative beliefs on individuals' decision making about potential health risks. Most previous research based on this theoretical framework has examined environmental risks. Applying this risk communication model to study health decision making presents an opportunity to explore theoretical boundaries of the model, while also bringing this research to bear on a pressing medical issue: low enrollment in clinical trials. Comparative analysis of data gathered from 2 telephone surveys of a representative national sample (n=500) and a random sample of cancer patients (n=411) indicated that emotions played a more substantive role in cancer patients' decisions to enroll in a potential trial, whereas cognitive processing strategies and normative beliefs had greater influences on the decisions of respondents from the national sample.
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U2 - 10.1080/10810730.2011.635774
DO - 10.1080/10810730.2011.635774
M3 - Review article
C2 - 22376222
AN - SCOPUS:84859791340
VL - 17
SP - 477
EP - 494
JO - Journal of Health Communication
JF - Journal of Health Communication
SN - 1081-0730
IS - 4
ER -