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Filter by:Background: - Researchers want to learn about people s beliefs and values. They also want to learn about how people respond to information about cancer risk. They have created two short studies. They have combined these studies for convenience. Objective: - To learn about people s beliefs and values, and about how people respond to information about cancer risk. Eligibility: - Adults age 40-70 who are overweight, have never had cancer, and have an opposite-sex close relationship with someone in that age group who is also overweight. Design: - This study will take place online or in a laboratory. - Participants will take part in two studies. One is Values Study. The other is Cancer Risk Information. - In Values Study, some participants will choose the most important value from a list. They will write about why that value is important to them. Others will choose the least important value from a list. They will write about why that value may be important to someone else. - In Cancer Risk Information, participants will read a health message about a cancer risk relevant to themselves or to a close other. Some will wear special glasses that track their eye movements as they read. - Participants will then answer questions about their beliefs about cancer risk and their intentions to lose weight. - Both studies will take 30 minutes.
Background: - Self-affirmation is the process of reflecting on values that a person considers important. This process may encourage people to be more open to information about health risks. It may also encourage them to change their behaviors or lifestyle to decrease these health risks. Researchers want to look at the effect of self-affirmation on people s responses to new health risk information. Because recent studies have linked alcohol consumption to increased risk of breast cancer, the study will focus on alcohol s link to breast cancer. Objectives: - To study how self-affirmation can change opinions following a message about a health risk. Eligibility: - Women at least 18 years of age who drink at least two alcoholic beverages per week and/or at least three alcoholic beverages per sitting. Design: - Participants will be recruited through an online panel. The study will be conducted entirely online. - Participants will respond to two short studies. The first will ask about life events and how they make people feel. The second will look at how people respond to information about alcohol and breast cancer. - For the first study, participants will write a paragraph or two about an important event in their lives. They will answer questions about how that event made them feel. They will also write a paragraph about an important personal value. - For the second study, participants will read information about alcohol and breast cancer risk. They will then answer questions about this information. They will also answer questions about their beliefs about alcohol and breast cancer. - Participants will receive financial compensation for being in this study.