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In tune and intuitive: Examining the preference to make health decisions based off a gut feeling

O'Brien, Abigail
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1674037107071057

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2023, MA, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of Psychological Sciences.
Understanding the diverse ways people prefer to think and make decisions about their health can inform research on health behavior engagement. The current study sought to understand the type of person who prefers to make health decisions based on their own body and intuition, including what sociodemographic factors, health-related individual differences, and self-reported health behavior engagement are associated with these preferences. A cross-sectional correlational study design was conducted using a sample that was representative of the U.S. population in terms of age, sex, and ethnicity (N = 315). Women, younger participants, and those with lower educational attainment reported a greater preference for health intuitive thinking. Further, participants who held a health intuitive thinking style reported greater medical mistrust (p < .001), lower numeracy (p < .001), lower health literacy (p < .001), and were more likely to endorse cognitive causation (p < .001). Participants with a health intuitive thinking style also reported lower adherence to several health behaviors. After controlling for sociodemographic factors, a health intuitive thinking style appeared to be most consequential to engagement in cancer screening behaviors, particularly cervical cancer screening uptake (p = .020). Future work should continue to examine the characteristics of people with health intuitive thinking style preferences and how these preferences influence uptake of cancer screening behaviors.
Jennifer Taber (Advisor)
80 p.
Social Psychology
dual-process; intuition; health behaviors; decision making

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  • O'Brien, A. (2023). In tune and intuitive: Examining the preference to make health decisions based off a gut feeling [Master's thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1674037107071057

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • O'Brien, Abigail. In tune and intuitive: Examining the preference to make health decisions based off a gut feeling. 2023. Kent State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1674037107071057.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • O'Brien, Abigail. "In tune and intuitive: Examining the preference to make health decisions based off a gut feeling." Master's thesis, Kent State University, 2023. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1674037107071057

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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