Distancing from a Target Person With Cancer: The Role of Empathy-Inducing Instructions and Family History of Cancer

The authors tested the proposition that people distance themselves more from a target person with cancer when they have no family history of cancer and receive no empathy-inducing instructions. The authors also tested the proposition that men distance themselves more from a person with cancer than d...

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Published in:The Journal of social psychology 2009-06, Vol.149 (3), p.387-389
Main Authors: Whitehead, George I., Smith, Stephanie H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
cancer
distancing
Empathy
Feedback
Female
gender differences
Genetic Predisposition to Disease - psychology
Humans
Male
Neoplasms - genetics
Neoplasms - psychology
Personality
Sex Factors
Social Distance
Students - psychology
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Summary:The authors tested the proposition that people distance themselves more from a target person with cancer when they have no family history of cancer and receive no empathy-inducing instructions. The authors also tested the proposition that men distance themselves more from a person with cancer than do women. The results confirm the prediction regarding family history and empathy, but they did not confirm the prediction about gender.
ISSN:0022-4545
1940-1183
DOI:10.3200/SOCP.149.3.387-389