ArticleJournal of behavioral medicine2015
Genetic counseling content: How does it impact health behavior?
Article in Journal of behavioral medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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- Efficacy of an online communication skill training intervention on genetic counseling students' performance during standardized patient sessions.Patient education and counseling · 2023Trial
- Genetic Testing in a Population-Based Sample of Breast and Ovarian Cancer Survivors from the REACH Randomized Trial: Cost Barriers and Moderators of Counseling Mode.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2017Trial
- Exploring individuals' experiences with self-reported unmet need for genetic testing.European journal of human genetics : EJHG · 2025Article
- Assessing the prevalence of unmet need for genetic counseling in Canada and exploring associations with sociodemographic factors.European journal of human genetics : EJHG · 2025Article
- Genetic counselor implicit bias and its effects on cognitive and affective exchanges in racially discordant simulations.Journal of genetic counseling · 2020Article
- The impact of genetic counselors' use of facilitative strategies on cognitive and emotional processing of genetic risk disclosure for Alzheimer's disease.Patient education and counseling · 2018Article
- Cancer Risk Information Sharing: The Experience of Individuals Receiving Genetic Counseling for BRCA1/2 Mutations.Journal of health communication · 2017Article
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- Impact of Genetic Counseling and Testing on Altruistic Motivations to Test for BRCA1/2: a Longitudinal Study.Journal of genetic counseling · 2016Article
- Current directions in behavioral medicine research on genetic testing for disease susceptibility: introduction to the special section.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2015Article
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Abstract
Women with hereditary breast-ovarian cancer face decisions about screening (transvaginal ultrasound, CA125, mammography, breast exams) and proactive (before cancer) or reactive (after cancer) surgery (oophorectomy, mastectomy). The content of genetic counseling and its relation to these key health behaviors is largely unexamined. Ashkenazi Jewish women (n = 78) were surveyed through the process of genetic testing and had audiorecorded counseling sessions available for Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count analysis. Proportions for participant and counselor cognitive and affective content during sessions were used as primary predictor variables in linear mixed models for change in intentions for screening and treatment and in self-reported screening. Cognitive and affective content were important predictors of behavior. Counselor cognitive content was associated with ovarian screening. An interaction effect also emerged for CA-125, such that counselor cognitive content plus participant cognitive content or counselor affective content were associated with more screening. Teasing out the factors in risk communication that impact decision-making are critical, and affect from a risk communicator can spur action, such as cancer screening.
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