TABLE 3.

Factors Associated With Risks and Benefits and Willingness to Consider Child Genetic Testing

Variable	Decisional Balance, r, P	Willingness to Consider Child Genetic Testing, r, P
Parent
Age	−0.04, .57	0.05, .50
Gender (0 = female, 1 = male)	0.10, .15	−0.23, .001
Caucasian race (0 = other, 1 = white)	0.04, .52	−0.01, .84
Marital status (0 = other, 1 = married/partnered)	−0.03, .62	−0.07, .28
Education (0 = less than college, 1 = college or more)	0.05, .48	0.04, .58
Child
Age	−0.09, .19	0.13, .06
Gender (0 = female, 1 = male)	0.05, .50	−0.02, .83
Biological child (0 = no, 1 = yes)	−0.04, .59	0.06, .38
Perceived health of child	−0.01, .85	0.03, .63
Perceived risk that child develops key diseases*	−0.13, .06	0.19, .001
Perceived severity to child of key diseases*	0.00, .99	0.08, .25
Contemplating making child lifestyle/behavior change	0.15, .03	−0.13, .08
Value of knowing about:
Gene-health relationships	−0.46, <.0001	0.48, <.0001
Behavior-health relationships	−0.39, <.0001	0.37, <.0001
Difficulty learning genetic health information	0.22, .001	−0.33, <.0001
Anticipated emotional reactions to:
Increased risk
Positive	0.03, .71	−0.01, .89
Negative	0.06, .39	−0.08, .23
Decreased risk
Positive	−0.28, <.0001	0.13, .06
Negative	0.09, .17	0.05, .47
Intention to undergo genetic testing	−0.25, .0002	0.42, <.0001
Decisional balance	—	−0.61, <.0001

^*Averaged across 8 health conditions (colon, skin, and lung cancer; heart disease; osteoporosis; high blood pressure; high cholesterol; and type 2 diabetes).