Collins, Louise H. (2023) Breast, Bowel and Cervical Cancer Screening: Global Dispositional Self-Efficacy does not Influence Participation. Honours thesis, University of Southern Queensland. (Unpublished)
Abstract
Collectively, all cancers in Australia in 2022 contributed to 17% of the overall disease burden and were the leading cause of death attributable to any disease group (AIHW, 2022a). Early detection through government funded cancer screening programs has led to a decline in cancer mortality for cancers associated with these programs. Currently, participation in the breast, bowel, and cervical cancer screening programs is suboptimal. Psychological factors are influential in cancer screening participation through emotional, cognitive, and physical factors. In a cross-sectional survey the research aimed to identify whether higher levels of global dispositional self-efficacy would explain variance in the past participation of breast, bowel, and cervical cancer screening programs. Binary logistic regressions were used to assess the relationship between global dispositional self-efficacy on the reported cancer screening participation in a sample of 678 females aged 50 to 74 years. Each regression model was non-significant suggesting global dispositional self-efficacy alone is not related to participation in these cancer screening programs. These findings are inconsistent with previous studies that report task specific self-efficacy is associated with participation in breast, bowel, and cervical cancer screening. The discrepancies between findings may be explained by disparity between national and ethnic research contexts, and the differences between task-specific self-efficacy (a modifiable attribute) and global dispositional self-efficacy (a more stable attribute). Further exploring this difference in types of self-efficacy is a key research priority.
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| Item Type: | Thesis (Non-Research) (Honours) |
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| Item Status: | Live Archive |
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| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Current – Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences - School of Psychology and Wellbeing (1 Jan 2022 -) |
| Supervisors: | Michael Ireland; Laura Anderson |
| Qualification: | Bachelor of Science (Honours) |
| Date Deposited: | 15 May 2025 03:01 |
| Last Modified: | 15 May 2025 03:01 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Self-efficacy, Bowel Cancer Screening, Breast Cancer Screening, Cervical Cancer Screening, Australia, Cancer |
| Fields of Research (2008): | 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 1799 Other Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 179999 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified |
| Fields of Research (2020): | 52 PSYCHOLOGY > 5299 Other psychology > 529999 Other psychology not elsewhere classified |
| URI: | https://sear.unisq.edu.au/id/eprint/52217 |
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