The individual facing genetic issues: Information processing, decision making, perception, and health-protective behaviors Book Section
| Authors: | Hurley, K.; Miller, S. M.; Rubin, L. R.; Weinberg, D. |
| Editors: | McDaniel, S. H.; Rolland, J. S.; Feetham, S. L. |
| Article/Chapter Title: | The individual facing genetic issues: Information processing, decision making, perception, and health-protective behaviors |
| Abstract: | (create) Accumulating research has shown that people vary widely in their responses to genetic information, with key variables such as distress levels and perceived risk showing large individual differences. In order to capture the highly personal nature of genetic feedback information and the implications of this feedback for major decisions, life plans, and concepts of the self, the clinical descriptive approach--which captures the richness of individual experience--needs to be integrated with empirical methods that seek to establish lawful relations between constructs. The purpose of this chapter is to examine the nature of the information-processing task and to systematically delineate the psychological operations that underlie the individual processing of genetic information. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved). |
| Keywords: | information processing; decision making; perception; genetic issues; health-protective behaviors; individual differences |
| Book Title: | Individuals, Families, and the New Era of Genetics: Biopsychosocial Perspectives |
| ISBN: | 978-0-393-70374-0 |
| Publisher: | W. W. Norton & Co. |
| Publication Place: | New York, NY |
| Date Published: | 2006-01-01 |
| Start Page: | 79 |
| End Page: | 117 |
| Language: | English |
| PROVIDER: | Ovid Technologies |
| ACCESSION: | Book: 2006-20623-003 |
| PROVIDER: | psycinfo |
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| Notes: | --- Chapter 3 - Miller, Suzanne M [Ed ; McDaniel, Susan H [Ed ; Rolland, John S [Ed ; Feetham, Suzanne L [Ed - xxiv, 578 - "Source: PsycINFO" |
