2021
DOI: 10.1002/jgc4.1534
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The role of emotional sensitivity to probability in the decision to choose genetic testing

Abstract: The availability of genetic testing is rapidly increasing. A 2018 study identified 75,000 genetic tests on the market, with 10 more coming to market each day (Phillips et al., 2018). These tests can be an important source of health information, with the potential to inform decisions on surveillance, preventative care, treatment, and family planning. However, there are varied motivations for pursuing or foregoing genetic testing. Gaivoronskaia and Solem (2004) discussed the right not to know and identified a nu… Show more

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“…Recent studies measuring ESP have found it to be moderately negatively correlated with emotional reactivity to possibility (ERP), a measure of emotional response to a possible outcome when probability is held constant; individuals who are particularly attuned to probabilities show lower emotionality, but their emotional response varies with changes in risk probability. 42,43…”
Section: Emotional Sensitivity To Probabilities and Perception Of Riskmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Recent studies measuring ESP have found it to be moderately negatively correlated with emotional reactivity to possibility (ERP), a measure of emotional response to a possible outcome when probability is held constant; individuals who are particularly attuned to probabilities show lower emotionality, but their emotional response varies with changes in risk probability. 42,43…”
Section: Emotional Sensitivity To Probabilities and Perception Of Riskmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Studies that average across individuals show a clear pattern of probability insensitivity and distortion, but there is a fair degree of individual variability in how people perceive risk probabilities and incorporate them into decisions. [42][43][44][45][46][47] To some degree, these differences in processing of probabilities may reflect differences in numeric ability [45][46][47] but numeracy does not seem to account entirely for this variability. Lacey et al 42 found that some people are much more emotionally sensitive to changes in probability, calibrating their anticipatory emotions (e.g., worry or excitement) to the probability of some outcome, while others are more indifferent to changes in probability.…”
Section: Emotional Sensitivity To Probabilities and Perception Of Riskmentioning
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