title: Cancer survivors' health worries and associations with lifestyle practices.
abstract: This study examined among recently diagnosed breast and prostate cancer survivors (N = 678) associations between worry about a future diagnosis of heart disease or cancer and hypothetical and actual adherence to exercise and dietary guidelines. Greater worry about future illness was reported under the hypothetical scenario of nonadherence to guidelines relative to the scenario of adherence. Worry about potential heart disease was associated with actual adherence to guidelines, whereas worry about a potential cancer diagnosis was not. Findings suggest that the motivational properties of worry should be considered when developing interventions to reduce heart disease risk among cancer survivors.
authors.affiliation: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, USA.
authors.forename: Catherine E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Mosher
authors.forename: Isaac M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Lipkus
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sloane
authors.forename: William E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Kraus
authors.forename: Denise Clutter
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Snyder
authors.forename: Bercedis
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Peterson
authors.forename: Lee W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Demark-Wahnefried
mesh_terms: D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology; D015444:Exercise / Q000523:psychology; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015233:Models, Statistical; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology*