caa a22 4500 475738853 CHVBK 20180406123454.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1005510109233 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1005510109233 Psychological Distress, Health Beliefs, and Frequency of Breast Self-Examination [Elektronische Daten] [Joel Erblich, Dana Bovbjerg, Heiddis Valdimarsdottir] Although monthly breast self-examination (BSE) is recommended for early breast cancer detection, most women do not comply. Few studies have examined the impact of psychological distress on BSE frequency. Recent research suggests that it may be particularly important to examine the role of distress in the recently identified phenomenon of BSE overperformance (>1/month). One hundred thirty-five healthy women with and without family histories of breast cancer completed sociodemographic, health belief, general and cancer-specific psychological distress, and BSE frequency questionnaires. The central finding of the study was that BSE underperformance and overperformance had two distinct sets of predictors: health beliefs, specifically barriers against BSE and low confidence in BSE performance, were related to BSE underperformance, while higher levels of psychological distress, particularly cancer-specific intrusive thoughts, were related to BSE overperformance. Findings underscore the need to evaluate BSE under- and overperformance separately and to develop problem-specific interventions to increase compliance with monthly BSE. Plenum Publishing Corporation, 2000 psychological distress nationallicence health beliefs nationallicence breast self-examination nationallicence detection nationallicence Erblich Joel Biobehavioral Medicine Program, Cancer Prevention and Control, Ruttenberg Cancer Center, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York aut Bovbjerg Dana Biobehavioral Medicine Program, Cancer Prevention and Control, Ruttenberg Cancer Center, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York aut Valdimarsdottir Heiddis Biobehavioral Medicine Program, Cancer Prevention and Control, Ruttenberg Cancer Center, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York aut Journal of Behavioral Medicine Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 23/3(2000-06-01), 277-292 0160-7715 23:3<277 2000 23 10865 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005510109233 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005510109233 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Erblich Joel Biobehavioral Medicine Program, Cancer Prevention and Control, Ruttenberg Cancer Center, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bovbjerg Dana Biobehavioral Medicine Program, Cancer Prevention and Control, Ruttenberg Cancer Center, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Valdimarsdottir Heiddis Biobehavioral Medicine Program, Cancer Prevention and Control, Ruttenberg Cancer Center, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Behavioral Medicine Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 23/3(2000-06-01), 277-292 0160-7715 23:3<277 2000 23 10865 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer