Griva Fay, Anagnostopoulos Fotios, Potamianos Gregory
a Department of Psychology , Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences , Athens , Greece.
Women Health. 2013;53(8):761-76. doi: 10.1080/03630242.2013.836140.
The present study explored the relation of time perspective to perceived risk for breast cancer and mammography screening. Women free from breast cancer (N = 194), eligible for mammography screening in terms of age, completed the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory (Zimbardo & Boyd, 1999) and measures of perceived risk, attitude toward performing mammography screening, intention to get a mammogram, and mammography screening behavior. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis revealed that perceived risk of breast cancer (β= .18, p < .01) and intention to be screened (β = .35, p < .01) were significantly associated with mammography screening, after controlling for the effects of sociodemographic (e.g., age, education, and economic level) and health-related variables (e.g., family history of breast cancer and previous benign breast disease). Path analyses including the main psychological variables indicated that perceived risk was indirectly related to intention via attitude (β = .17, p < .01), and to mammography screening through attitude and intention (β = .06, p < .01). Attitude was indirectly related to mammography screening via intention (β = .20, p < .01). Also, a significant indirect association was observed between future orientation and mammography screening, via perceived risk (β = .10, p < .01). Theoretical implications of study findings and suggestions for future research on use of mammography are presented.
本研究探讨了时间观与乳腺癌感知风险及乳腺钼靶筛查之间的关系。年龄符合乳腺钼靶筛查条件的无乳腺癌女性（N = 194）完成了津巴多时间观量表（津巴多和博伊德，1999）以及感知风险、对进行乳腺钼靶筛查的态度、进行乳腺钼靶检查的意向和乳腺钼靶筛查行为的测量。分层多元回归分析显示，在控制了社会人口学因素（如年龄、教育程度和经济水平）和健康相关变量（如乳腺癌家族史和既往乳腺良性疾病）的影响后，乳腺癌感知风险（β = 0.18，p < 0.01）和筛查意向（β = 0.35，p < 0.01）与乳腺钼靶筛查显著相关。包含主要心理变量的路径分析表明，感知风险通过态度与意向间接相关（β = 0.17，p < 0.01），并通过态度和意向与乳腺钼靶筛查间接相关（β = 0.06，p < 0.01）。态度通过意向与乳腺钼靶筛查间接相关（β = 0.20，p < 0.01）。此外，通过感知风险观察到未来取向与乳腺钼靶筛查之间存在显著的间接关联（β = 0.10，p < 0.01）。本文还阐述了研究结果的理论意义以及对未来乳腺钼靶使用研究的建议。
