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Frisby, Cynthia. and Fleming, Kenneth. "Breast Cancer Anxiety and Its Links to Media Use and Perceptions of Media Information in African American & Caucasian Women" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Sheraton New York, New York City, NY, <Not Available>. 2009-05-25 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p14697_index.html>

Frisby, C. M. and Fleming, K. "Breast Cancer Anxiety and Its Links to Media Use and Perceptions of Media Information in African American & Caucasian Women" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Sheraton New York, New York City, NY Online <PDF>. 2009-05-25 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p14697_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: As a form of external cues to action, mass media have been suggested to play an indirect role in influencing attitudes and behaviors related to health in both Health Belief Model and Social Cognitive Theory. Using telephone survey data from 240 Caucasian and 206 African American women, this study examines the relationships among anxiety about breast cancer, use of media, and perceptions of health information. The findings show that negative perceptions of breast cancer information led to greater anxiety about the disease for both groups of women; attention to television, radio, and magazines were significantly related to breast cancer anxiety for African American women, but not for Caucasian women; the effects of the media on breast cancer anxiety were mediated by negative perceptions of the health information for African American women. Also reviewed in the literature were factors of knowledge, health locus of control, spirituality and their relationships with anxiety about breast cancer, and characteristics of African Americans in processing health-related information.

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