TY - JOUR
T1 - Concern as motivation for protection
T2 - An investigation of mothers' concern about daughters' breast cancer risk
AU - Neuberger, Lindsay
AU - Silk, Kami J.
AU - Yun, Doshik
AU - Bowman, Nicholas David
AU - Anderson, Jennifer
N1 - Funding Information:
This article was funded by the Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Centers grant number 1-U01-ES12800 from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences or of the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health.
PY - 2011/11/1
Y1 - 2011/11/1
N2 - The present study surveyed mothers with daughters (N=386) to investigate how mothers' concern about their daughters breast cancer risk influenced intentions to engage in preventive behaviors. Using protection motivation theory as a framework, self-efficacy, response efficacy, and level of concern were posited to influence protective behavioral intention in distinct ways. Results from regression analyses indicate that self-efficacy, response efficacy, and mothers' concern are significant predictors of intentions to engage in preventive behaviors with daughters. In addition, a content analysis of mothers' open-ended reasons for their concern about their daughters breast cancer risk yield a list of specific concerns and trends that vary by concern level and individual comment valence. The authors discuss implications for incorporating mothers concerns into breast cancer prevention messages as a novel strategy for campaign designers.
AB - The present study surveyed mothers with daughters (N=386) to investigate how mothers' concern about their daughters breast cancer risk influenced intentions to engage in preventive behaviors. Using protection motivation theory as a framework, self-efficacy, response efficacy, and level of concern were posited to influence protective behavioral intention in distinct ways. Results from regression analyses indicate that self-efficacy, response efficacy, and mothers' concern are significant predictors of intentions to engage in preventive behaviors with daughters. In addition, a content analysis of mothers' open-ended reasons for their concern about their daughters breast cancer risk yield a list of specific concerns and trends that vary by concern level and individual comment valence. The authors discuss implications for incorporating mothers concerns into breast cancer prevention messages as a novel strategy for campaign designers.
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U2 - 10.1080/10810730.2011.571339
DO - 10.1080/10810730.2011.571339
M3 - Article
C2 - 22070448
AN - SCOPUS:84863153732
SN - 1081-0730
VL - 16
SP - 1055
EP - 1071
JO - Journal of Health Communication
JF - Journal of Health Communication
IS - 10
ER -