Asymmetrical genetic attributions for the presence and absence of health problems.
In: Psychology & health, Jg. 39 (2024-07-01), Heft 7, S. 839-857
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Objective: Recent research has suggested that people more readily make genetic attributions for positively valenced or desirable traits than for negatively valenced or undesirable traits-an asymmetry that may be mediated by perceptions that positive characteristics are more 'natural' than negative ones. This research sought to examine whether a similar asymmetry in genetic attributions would emerge between positive and negative health outcomes.
Design: Across seven experiments, participants were randomly assigned to read a short vignette describing an individual experiencing a health problem (e.g. hypertension) or a corresponding healthy state (e.g. normal blood pressure).
Main Outcome Measures: All participants provided ratings of naturalness and genetic attributions for the outcome described in their assigned vignette.
Results: For diagnoses other than addictive disorders, participants rated the presence of a diagnosis as less genetically caused than its absence; for addictive disorders, the presence of a diagnosis was rated as more genetically caused than its absence. Participants consistently rated the presence of a health problem as less natural than its absence.
Conclusion: Even within a single domain of health, people ascribe differing degrees of 'naturalness' and genetic causation to positive versus negative health outcomes, which could impact their preferences for treatment and prevention strategies.
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Asymmetrical genetic attributions for the presence and absence of health problems.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Lebowitz, MS ; Tabb, K ; Appelbaum, PS |
Zeitschrift: | Psychology & health, Jg. 39 (2024-07-01), Heft 7, S. 839-857 |
Veröffentlichung: | <2010-> : Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge ; <i>Original Publication</i>: Chur ; New York : Harwood Academic Publishers ; London : distributed by STBS Ltd., c1987-, 2024 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 1476-8321 (electronic) |
DOI: | 10.1080/08870446.2022.2119236 |
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