Weist M D, Finney J W
Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore 21201-1549, USA.
J Dev Behav Pediatr. 1996 Apr;17(2):98-9.
Because of concerns about increasing anxiety in a population that is at relatively low risk for developing cancer, some investigators have recommended that training in testicular self-examination (TSE) not be provided to adolescent males. However, empirical findings documenting a link between training in cancer detection and increased anxiety in adolescent males are lacking. In this preliminary study, we assessed whether training in TSE was actually associated with elevated state anxiety in two samples of adolescent males (29 ninth graders and 30 college underclassmen). For both groups, anxiety scores were well within normal limits at postassessment, indicating that a purported cost of the procedure may in fact not exist.
由于担心在患癌风险相对较低的人群中焦虑情绪增加，一些研究人员建议不要对青少年男性进行睾丸自我检查（TSE）培训。然而，缺乏实证研究结果来证明癌症检测培训与青少年男性焦虑情绪增加之间存在联系。在这项初步研究中，我们评估了TSE培训是否实际上与两组青少年男性样本（29名九年级学生和30名大学低年级学生）的状态焦虑升高有关。对于这两组，评估后的焦虑得分均在正常范围内，这表明该程序所谓的代价实际上可能并不存在。
