Psychological predictors of intention and avoidance of attending organized mammography screening in Norway: applying the Extended Parallel Process Model

Ivanova, Anna; Kvalem, Ingela Lundin

doi:10.1186/s12905-021-01201-y

Table 3 Hierarchical multiple regression analysis predicting defensive avoidance of breast cancer screening

From: Psychological predictors of intention and avoidance of attending organized mammography screening in Norway: applying the Extended Parallel Process Model

Entered variables	Adj. R²	F	B	SE B	β	t	p	95% BCa confidence intervals for B
Entered variables	Adj. R²	F	B	SE B	β	t	p	Lower	Upper
Model 1	0.09	8.86***
Age			− 0.01	0.00	− 0.12	− 1.83	0.116	− 0.01	0.00
Ethnicity			0.36	0.10	0.24	3.75	0.002	0.17	0.56
Education (HS: 0; HE:1)			0.11	0.08	0.08	1.26	0.195	− 0.07	0.26
Model 2	0.33	13.02***
Age			− 0.00	0.00	− 0.08	− 1.39	0.272	− 0.01	0.00
Ethnicity			0.11	0.089	0.07	1.201	0.221	− 0.05	0.25
Education (HS: 0; HE:1)			0.06	0.07	0.05	0.87	0.376	− 0.09	0.20
Perceived severity of cancer treatment			0.06	0.04	0.09	1.61	0.095	− 0.01	0.13
Perceived susceptibility			− 0.22	0.06	− 0.25	− 4.39	0.001	− 0.33	− 0.11
Self-efficacy despite lack of time			− 0.06	0.05	− 0.10	− 1.59	0.259	− 0.17	0.04
Self-efficacy despite embarrassment			− 0.02	0.03	− 0.05	− 0.60	0.567	− 0.08	0.05
Self-efficacy despite pain			0.03	0.04	0.05	0.70	0.476	− 0.05	0.09
Response efficacy			− 0.39	0.08	− 0.33	− 5.56	0.001	− 0.55	− 0.24
Breast cancer fear			0.11	0.05	0.16	2.67	0.014	0.03	0.20
Model 3	0.37	12.09***
Age			− 0.00	0.00	− 0.02	− 0.22	0.878	− 0.01	0.01
Ethnicity			0.08	0.09	0.05	0.93	0.347	− 0.08	0.23
Education (HS: 0; HE:1)			0.09	0.07	0.06	1.18	0.220	− 0.06	0.21
Perceived severity of cancer treatment			0.04	0.04	0.06	1.10	0.268	− 0.03	0.11
Perceived susceptibility			− 0.20	0.06	− 0.22	− 3.95	0.001	− 0.31	− 0.08
Self-efficacy despite lack of time			− 0.03	0.05	− 0.04	− 0.64	0.619	− 0.13	0.07
Self-efficacy despite embarrassment			− 0.02	0.03	− 0.04	− 0.55	0.577	− 0.08	0.05
Self-efficacy despite pain			0.03	0.04	0.07	0.92	0.368	− 0.03	0.09
Response efficacy			− 0.38	0.08	− 0.33	− 5.65	0.001	− 0.53	− 0.25
Breast cancer fear			0.11	0.04	0.15	2.70	0.014	0.03	0.19
Breast checks frequency (Never: 0; W/Y: 1)			− 0.30	0.08	− 0.23	− 4.22	0.001	− 0.44	− 0.15
Mammography frequency Never 0 versus Irregular 1			− 0.06	0.13	− 0.05	− 0.59	0.618	− 0.33	0.20
Never 0 versus Regular 1			− 0.02	0.13	− 0.01	− 0.16	0.896	− 0.26	0.24

Results based on 1000 samples BCa bootstrapping
Bold values indicate statistically significant results (p < 0.05)
HS, high school and less; HE, some form of higher education; W/Y, weekly to yearly
***p < 0.001

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