Intended Coping Responses to Cancer Symptoms in Healthy Adults: The Roles of Symptom Knowledge, Detection Behavior, and Perceived Threat

• Published in: Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention Vol. 17; no. 4; pp. 818 - 826
• Main Authors: Ruiter, Robert A.C., de Nooijer, Jascha, van Breukelen, Gerard, Ockhuysen-Vermey, Caroline F., de Vries, Hein
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Association for Cancer Research 01.04.2008
• Subjects: Adaptation, Psychological; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Behavioral research; Coping; Early detection; Female; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Neoplasms - physiopathology; Neoplasms - psychology; Netherlands; Psychosocial aspects; Surveys and Questionnaires; Netherlands

Background: To date, the causal effects of the knowledge of cancer-related symptoms and detection behavior on coping with cancer-related symptoms have not been identified. Therefore, the current study explored the effects of active or passive detection of supposedly well-known or less-known cancer-r...