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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Health. 2010 Dec;25(10):1195–1208. doi: 10.1080/08870440903261970

Table 1.

Screening Intentions by Condition and Accuracy of Risk Perception

Condition
Self-Affirmed (n = 48) Non-Affirmed (n = 46) Control (n = 47)
Optimistic (n = 76) 5.00 (2.10, 20) 4.08 (2.26, 26) 4.53 (2.03, 30)
Realistic (n = 32) 4.00 (2.75, 14) 4.50 (2.51, 8) 3.50 (2.46, 10)
Pessimistic (n = 33) 3.36 (2.24, 14) 5.08 (2.23, 12) 6.57 (0.79, 7)

Note: Standard deviations and cell sizes appear in parentheses. Intentions were rated on a 7-point scale from 1 = very unlikely to 7 = very likely.