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  Construct Details
  
Construct Name: Cancer Worry (breast/ovarian/ etc... )
Definition of Construct: A person's self-reported level of worry about their risk for getting cancer at a particular organ site.
Theoretical Foundation: Stress and health
Synonyms for Construct:
Similar Constructs:
Associated Constructs sometimes assessed using the Impact of Events Scale with worry about risk for cancer as a specific organ site used as the specified "stressor"
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ReferencesPubMed IDComment
Lerman, C., Trock, B. Rimer, B.K. Jepson C., Broady, D. & boyce, A. (1991) Psychological side effects of breast cancer screening. Health Psychology 1991: 10: 259-267Original paper presenting concept in breast cancer
Andersen, M. R., Smith, R.., Meischke H., Bowen D. & Urban, N. (2003) breast cancer worry and mammography use by women with and without a family history in a population-based sample. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, & Prevention. 12; 314-320. A paper describing a modified version of the original Lerman questions with some additions and a IRT analysis.

MeasuresDatasets
Cancer Worry Scale.
Ovarian cancer worry
breast cancer worry
(Last Updated: 3/22/2011 5:55:45 PM by M. Robyn Andersen)


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