caa a22 4500 388041315 CHVBK 20180307125022.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199803 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0813483900005891 doi S0813483900005891 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0813483900005891 Predicting Testicular and Breast Self-examination Behaviour: A test of the Theory of Reasoned Action [Elektronische Daten] One aim of this study was to describe attitudes, beliefs, and behaviours concerned with testicular and breast self-examination (TSE, BSE); the second was to test the efficacy of the Ajzen and Fishbein theory of reasoned action in predicting self-examination behaviour. Participants comprised 116 male adults with a mean age of 27.9, and 141 female adults with a mean age of 30.0 years. The sample was relatively well-educated, with over half having engaged in some tertiary studies. They completed a questionnaire assessing self-examination behaviours, intentions, beliefs, attitudes, and perceived norms. Results indicated low rates of self-examination for both TSE and BSE. Barriers to self-examination included embarrassment, perceived unpleasantness and difficulty, concern about reliability, and worries about what the tests might reveal. Respondents perceived only moderate levels of support from salient others for engaging in the self-examinations. The theory of reasoned action was strongly supported by the study, with intentions to perform self-examination being predicted by attitudes and subjective norms, and intentions in turn predicting self-examination behaviours. Copyright © The Author(s) 1998 Moore Susan M. Victoria University of Technology Barling Norman R. Bond University Hood Bernadette Victoria University of Technology Behaviour Change Cambridge University Press 15/1(1998-03), 41-49 0813-4839 15:1<41 1998 15 BEC https://doi.org/10.1017/S0813483900005891 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0813483900005891 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Moore Susan M. Victoria University of Technology NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Barling Norman R. Bond University NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hood Bernadette Victoria University of Technology NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Behaviour Change Cambridge University Press 15/1(1998-03), 41-49 0813-4839 15:1<41 1998 15 BEC CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge