University College London, UK.
J Health Psychol. 2012 May;17(4):579-89. doi: 10.1177/1359105311421046. Epub 2011 Sep 13.
There is concern that public education about testicular cancer (TC) may cause unnecessary anxiety. Psychological theory suggests that if threat (eg, TC) information is accompanied with threat control strategies (eg, testicular self-examination; TSE) anxiety is less likely. Male students (N=443) were randomized to either a TC or TC +TSE information group or a no information control group, and assessed at three time points. Anxiety levels did not differ between the groups and exposure to TC+TSE resulted in greater perceived message benefit, increased intention to self-examine and lower message denigration. This suggests TC information is not anxiogenic, but inclusion of TSE information may improve acceptance of disease awareness information.
人们担心有关睾丸癌（TC）的公众教育可能会引起不必要的焦虑。心理学理论表明，如果威胁（例如 TC）信息伴随着威胁控制策略（例如，睾丸自我检查；TSE），则焦虑的可能性较小。将 443 名男学生随机分配到 TC 或 TC+TSE 信息组或无信息对照组，并在三个时间点进行评估。焦虑水平在各组之间没有差异，而接触 TC+TSE 导致感知信息益处更大，自我检查的意愿增加，而信息贬低的意愿降低。这表明 TC 信息不会引起焦虑，但是包含 TSE 信息可能会提高对疾病意识信息的接受程度。
