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Resisting good news : reactions to breast cancer risk communication . Many women overestimate their percentage risk of breast cancer , even after they have received careful estimates from health professionals . In 2 experiments with 134 young adult women , 6 variables were explored that might influence such risk perception persistence . In Study 1 , each of the following explanations was unrelated to persistence : public commitment , self-consistency , and unique causal risk models . In Study 2 , two individual difference measures , pessimism and differences in understanding percentages , were unrelated to risk perception persistence . However , providing a " risk anchor " based on downward social comparison processes resulted in better risk acceptance at posttest that persisted at a 2-week follow-up assessment . This article discusses why comparison anchors might be important in risk feedback situations and concludes with recommendations for professionals who wish to provide accurate risk information and have patients adopt that information .
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Intervention_Educational
careful estimates
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Intervention_Educational
public commitment
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Intervention_Educational
self-consistency
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Intervention_Educational
unique causal risk models
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Intervention_Educational
risk anchor " based on downward social comparison processes
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Outcome_Mental
risk perception
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Outcome_Mental
persistence :
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risk perception persistence .
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Outcome_Mental
risk acceptance
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Participant_Condition
breast cancer risk
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Participant_Sample-size
134
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Participant_Age
young adult
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Participant_Sex
women
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Participant_Sample-size
6