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“I have always believed I was at high risk…” The role of expectation in emotional responses to the receipt of an average, moderate or high cancer genetic risk assessment result: a thematic analysis of free-text questionnaire comments

Jennifer Hilgart, Ceri Phelps, Paul Bennett, Kerenza Hood, Kate Brain, Alexandra Murray

Familial Cancer · 2010 · 17 citations · 22 references

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Mardi J. Horowitz, Nancy Wilner, William Alvarez · Psychosomatic Medicine · 1979 · 7.9K citations

Social Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +17

A disconfirmation bias in the evaluation of arguments.

Kari Edwards, Edward E. Smith · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1996 · 770 citations

Education, Social Psychology, Persuasion +10

The impact of genetic counselling about breast cancer risk on women’s risk perceptions and levels of distress

A. Cull, Elaine Anderson, S. Campbell et al. · British Journal of Cancer · 1999 · 162 citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Counseling, Psychology +15

'Coming Down the Line'-- Patients' Understanding of Their Family History of Common Chronic Disease

Fiona M Walter · The Annals of Family Medicine · 2005 · 130 citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Family Medicine, Epidemiology +16

Colon Cancer: Risk Perceptions and Risk Communication

Neil D. Weinstein, Kathy Atwood, Elaine Puleo et al. · Journal of Health Communication · 2004 · 125 citations

Social Sciences, Psychology, Social Psychology +17