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Publikováno v:
Health communication. 37(10)
Discordance between physicians and patients’ health beliefs can impede health communication efforts. However, little research considers physicians’ perceptions of patient beliefs, despite the impor...
Publikováno v:
J Exp Psychol Gen
To what extent do our genes make us nice, smart, or athletic? The explanatory frameworks we employ have broad consequences for how we evaluate and interact with others. Yet to date, little is known regarding when and how young children appeal to gene
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The Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics. 2:260-299
The American public's beliefs about the causes of social inequality vary greatly, with debates over the causes of racial inequality tending to be the most salient and divisive. Among whites in particular, liberals tend to see inequality as rooted in
Autor:
Beverly M. Yashar, Toby Epstein Jayaratne, Alicia Carmichael, Bailey B. Hulswit, Emily J. Moe
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Journal of Genetic Counseling. 26:469-479
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) genetic testing is undergoing clinical trials to measure the efficacy of genetic counseling for behavior-based risk reduction. The expectations patients bring to the testing process may play an important role in indivi
Autor:
J.S. Roberts, Sharon L.R. Kardia, Elizabeth M. Petty, Toby Epstein Jayaratne, Kurt D. Christensen
Publikováno v:
Public Health Genomics. 13:467-476
Aim: This study examined understandings of basic genetic concepts among Americans. Method: In a national telephone survey of 1,200 Americans with equal representation among Black and White men and women, subjects responded to 8 items developed by a m
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Race and Social Problems. 1:97-110
The present study addresses the distinction between contemporary and old-fashioned prejudice using survey data from a national sample (n = 600) of self-identified whites living in the United States and interviewed by telephone in 2001. First, we exam
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Toby Epstein Jayaratne, Elizabeth R. Cole, Elizabeth M. Petty, Merle Feldbaum, Laura A. Cecchi
Publikováno v:
Sex Roles. 57:211-222
Investigated genetic explanations for perceived gender differences in nurturance, a gender intensified prescriptive trait, compared to other gendered traits. Based on a nationally representative telephone survey of Black and White Americans (N = 1200
Autor:
Jane P. Sheldon, Merle Feldbaum, Elizabeth M. Petty, Toby Epstein Jayaratne, Carla A. Pfeffer
Publikováno v:
Journal of Homosexuality. 52:111-150
Homosexuality is viewed by many as a social problem. As such, there is a keen interest in elucidating the origins of homosexuality among many scholars, from anthropologists to zoologists, from psychologists to theologians. Research has shown that tho
Autor:
Courtney D. DiNardo, Merle Feldbaum, Jane P. Sheldon, Toby Epstein Jayaratne, Elizabeth M. Petty
Publikováno v:
Public Health Genomics. 10:82-92
Objectives: We explored the opinions of 40 Black Americans regarding: (1) what they thought most Blacks and Whites believe about genetic causes for perceived race differences in human traits, and (2) the impact of genetic science on them, their famil
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Public opinion quarterly. 77(2)
Conventional wisdom suggests that political conservatives are more likely than liberals to endorse genetic explanations for many human characteristics and behaviors. Whether and to what extent this is true has received surprisingly limited systematic