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Running in the Family or Swimming in the Gene Pool

Discriminating between Family History and Genetic Risk in Illness Perceptions

Abigail L. Riggs

Southwestern University, USA

Traci A. Giuliano

Southwestern University, USA, giuliant{at}southwestern.edu

The present study sought to understand how the genetic component of a disease affects individual's risk perceptions. Specifically, participants read three scenarios that asked them to imagine that they had either genetic, ambiguous, of no family history for a hypothetical disease and to imagine that their parents' lifestyles were either healthy or unhealthy. As expected, when participants received an ambiguous family history (rather than a genetic history or no family history), they rated a healthy diet and exercise as more effective at preventing the disease when their parents lifestyles were discribed as unhealthy rather than healthy (N = 97)

Key Words: Risk perceptions • illness perceptions • perceived control • family history • genetic risk

Journal of Health Psychology, Vol. 12, No. 6, 883-894 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/1359105307082452
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