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- Title
Managing Uncertainty for and With Family: Communication Strategies and Motivations in Familial Uncertainty Management for Hereditary Cancer.
- Authors
Campbell-Salome, Gemme; Barbour, Joshua B.
- Abstract
The management of uncertainty is integral to health and illness. Individuals manage uncertainty about their health through communication enmeshed in family systems, but existing theorizing focuses on individuals without accounting for family processes. An iterative qualitative analysis of 42 dyadic, family interviews (N = 84) revealed (a) moments in the context of hereditary cancer that involved individual-centered and familial uncertainty appraisal and management, (b) family members' communication strategies to prompt relatives to engage familial uncertainty, and (c) the communicative (re)creation and negotiation of family models for uncertainty management. The findings illuminate tensions that individuals encounter across their lifespan as they appraise and manage uncertainty about hereditary cancer risks. This study extends uncertainty management theory to encompass familial uncertainty management and contributes insights useful for the management of hereditary cancer.
- Subjects
TUMOR genetics; TUMOR risk factors; MOTIVATION (Psychology); RESEARCH methodology; MATHEMATICAL models; UNCERTAINTY; INTERVIEWING; ATTITUDES toward illness; COMMUNICATION; THEORY; DECISION making; FAMILY relations; JUDGMENT sampling; STATISTICAL sampling; CANCER genetics
- Publication
Qualitative Health Research, 2022, Vol 32, Issue 8/9, p1230
- ISSN
1049-7323
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/10497323221090191