Publications

Publication details [#51993]

Atkin, Charles K., Kami Silk, Doshik Yun, Nicholas David Bowman and Lindsay Neuberger. 2009. Mothers' Intentions to Teach Adolescent Daughters about Breast Cancer Risk Reduction Activities: The Influence of Self-Efficacy, Response Efficacy, and Personal Responsibility. Communication Research Reports 26 (2) : 134–145.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

adolescent | health | mass media | medical conversation | mother-child conversation

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This study shows that self-efficacy and response efficacy (not personal responsibility) influence mothers' intentions to inform their (pre-)adolescent daughters on breast cancer risk reduction activities, and discusses implications for efficient breast cancer campaign development.