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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Behav Med. 2015 May 24;38(5):715–726. doi: 10.1007/s10865-015-9642-5

Table 4.

Multivariate associations of perceived ambiguity, ambiguity aversion, and tolerance for uncertainty with intentions to learn sequencing results and share sequencing results with family members.

Intentions to learn sequencing results

Medically
actionable
disease
Non-medically
actionable
disease
Carrier
status
Intentions to share
sequencing results
with family members

β SE β SE β SE β SE
Perceived ambiguity of sequencing results −0.03ˆ 0.02 −0.06** 0.02 −0.05** 0.02 −0.28** 0.06
Medical ambiguity aversion −0.03ˆ 0.01 −0.03* 0.02 −0.03* 0.01 −0.08 0.06
General tolerance for uncertainty 0.06 0.01 −0.02ˆ 0.01 −0.02 0.01 −0.09ˆ 0.05
**

p<.01

*

p<.05

ˆ

p<.10

Note: All analyses controlled for sociodemographic factors (e.g., age, gender, income, education, and race).