Roles of attitudes and injunctive norms in decisional conflict and disclosure following receipt of genome sequencing results

Allecia E. Reid, Rebecca A. Ferrer, Sanjana Kadirvel, Barbara B. Biesecker, Katie L. Lewis, Leslie G. Biesecker and William M.P. Klein

Social Science & Medicine, 2020, vol. 262, issue C

Abstract: Individuals who choose to obtain genetic information may learn that their genetic profile confers health risks to themselves or offspring. Individuals may react more negatively to this information when personal attitudes, perceived norms, and/or the decision to receive results conflict with one another.

Keywords: Genomic sequencing; Decisional conflict; Disclosure; Attitudes; Injunctive norms (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113147

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