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Self‐regulation principles underlying risk perception and decision making within the context of genomic testing

Overview of attention for article published in Social & Personality Psychology Compass, May 2017
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Title
Self‐regulation principles underlying risk perception and decision making within the context of genomic testing
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Social & Personality Psychology Compass, May 2017
DOI 10.1111/spc3.12315
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Linda D. Cameron, Barbara Bowles Biesecker, Ellen Peters, Jennifer M. Taber, William M.P. Klein

Abstract

Advances in theory and research on self-regulation and decision-making processes have yielded important insights into how cognitive, emotional, and social processes shape risk perceptions and risk-related decisions. We examine how self-regulation theory can be applied to inform our understanding of decision-making processes within the context of genomic testing, a clinical arena in which individuals face complex risk information and potentially life-altering decisions. After presenting key principles of self-regulation, we present a genomic testing case example to illustrate how principles related to risk representations, approach and avoidance motivations, emotion regulation, defensive responses, temporal construals, and capacities such as numeric abilities can shape decisions and psychological responses during the genomic testing process. We conclude with implications for using self-regulation theory to advance science within genomic testing and opportunities for how this research can inform further developments in self-regulation theory.

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Unknown 45 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 9 20%
Student > Bachelor 5 11%
Student > Doctoral Student 5 11%
Researcher 4 9%
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 9%
Other 7 16%
Unknown 11 24%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 13 29%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3 7%
Social Sciences 3 7%
Neuroscience 2 4%
Medicine and Dentistry 2 4%
Other 9 20%
Unknown 13 29%
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#15,097,241
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#534
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#10
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