title: Intrinsic religiousness as a mediator between fatalism and cancer-specific fear: clarifying the role of fear in prostate cancer screening.
abstract: Understanding factors that influence screening receptivity may enhance African-American men's receptivity to prostate cancer screening. Men of African descent (N = 481) between the ages of 40 and 70 were recruited. The hypotheses that Fatalism would be related to Intrinsic Religiousness and Fear, Intrinsic Religiousness would act as a mediator between Fatalism and Fear, and Fatalism as well as Prostate Cancer-Specific Fear would be negatively related to past Prostate-Specific Antigen Testing and Screening Intent were supported. This meditational finding suggests that when religious beliefs are a motivating force, the fear-inducing effects of fatalism are reduced.
authors.affiliation: The Christman Group, LLC, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Lisa K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Christman
authors.forename: Alexis D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Abernethy
authors.forename: Richard L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Gorsuch
authors.forename: Allan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer / Q000523:psychology*; D005239:Fear / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D015141:Los Angeles; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen / Q000097:blood; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics; D012067:Religion; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen