Table 3.
Unstandardized Beta Weights and Standard Errors for Regression Analyses of Risk Perceptions, Dispositional Optimism, and Their Interaction Predicting Intentions to Receive Genome Sequencing Results for Medically Actionable Disease, Nonmedically Actionable Disease, and Carrier Status, and Intentions to Use Sequencing Results to Change Lifestyle/Health Behaviors
| Predictors | Intentions to learn sequencing results
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Intentions to use sequencing results to change lifestyle/health behaviors
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medically actionable disease
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Nonmedically actionable disease
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Carrier status
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Medically actionable disease
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Nonmedically actionable disease
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Carrier status
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| β | SE | β | SE | β | SE | β | SE | β | SE | β | SE | |
| Absolute risk perceptions | ||||||||||||
| Experiential risk | .003 | .006 | −.008 | .007 | .000 | .006 | .006 | .010 | −.014 | .030 | .009 | .030 |
| Absolute risk | .012 | .009 | .017 | .011 | .012 | .009 | .015 | .016 | .054 | .048 | .092 | .047 |
| Comparative risk | .003 | .008 | .005 | .009 | .008 | .008 | .001 | .014 | −.028 | .040 | −.055 | .040 |
| Dispositional optimism | .014 | .012 | .036** | .014 | .037** | .012 | .063** | .020 | .178** | .060 | .161** | .059 |
| Absolute Risk × Dispositional Optimism | .008 | .012 | .010 | .014 | .007 | .012 | −.013 | .020 | −.028 | .060 | .024 | .060 |
| Comparative risk perceptions | ||||||||||||
| Experiential risk | .003 | .006 | −.008 | .007 | −.001 | .006 | .006 | .010 | −.014 | .030 | .011 | .030 |
| Absolute risk | .012 | .009 | .016 | .011 | .011 | .009 | .015 | .016 | .056 | .047 | .098* | .047 |
| Comparative risk | .001 | .008 | .002 | .009 | .006 | .008 | .003 | .014 | −.021 | .041 | −.050 | .040 |
| Dispositional optimism | .013 | .011 | .035* | .014 | .036** | .012 | .064** | .020 | .182** | .059 | .162** | .059 |
| Comparative Risk × Dispositional Optimism | .018* | .008 | .022* | .010 | .019* | .008 | −.020 | .014 | −.056 | .042 | −.034 | .042 |
| Experiential risk perceptions | ||||||||||||
| Experiential risk | .001 | .006 | −.008 | .007 | .000 | .006 | .005 | .010 | −.015 | .030 | .012 | .030 |
| Absolute risk | .011 | .009 | .016 | .011 | .012 | .009 | .013 | .016 | .051 | .047 | .099* | .047 |
| Comparative risk | .003 | .008 | .004 | .009 | .008 | .008 | .000 | .014 | −.029 | .040 | −.053 | .040 |
| Dispositional optimism | .010 | .012 | .032* | .014 | .035** | .012 | .063** | .020 | .179** | .060 | .167** | .059 |
| Experiential Risk × Dispositional Optimism | .017** | .006 | .013† | .007 | .006 | .006 | .003 | .011 | −.004 | .033 | −.026 | .033 |
Note. All analyses controlled for income, age, gender, race, education, and coronary artery disease risk.
†
p < .10.
*
p < .05.
**
p < .01.