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SUMMARY:“Leveraging Social Psychological Theory to Understand Engagement
  with Personalized Genomic Information” - William Klein\,  Associate Dir
 ector\, Behavioral Research Program\, National Cancer Institute\, National
  Institutes of Health\, Maryland\, USA
DTSTART:20150626T120000Z
DTEND:20150626T130000Z
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CONTACT:Lucy Lloyd
DESCRIPTION:This talk will be chaired by Professor Theresa Marteau\, Direc
 tor\, Behaviour and Health Research Unit.\n\nGenomic sequencing provides t
 he opportunity for individuals to learn a host of personalized information
  about their chances of experiencing a wide variety of health outcomes in 
 the future.  In addition to being available outside of the clinical settin
 g\, much genomic information can be ambiguous (which is less true of high 
 penetrance genetic tests such as BRCA1/2 for breast cancer).  Social psych
 ological theories and constructs may help explain people’s orientation t
 oward such information.  In this talk\, I will discuss a study in which ov
 er 500 people had their genomes sequenced and also completed a questionnai
 re containing several social psychological constructs.  We show that optim
 ism\, self-affirmation\, ambiguity aversion\, implicit theories\, affectiv
 e forecasts\, information avoidance tendencies\, and perceived norms all p
 lay a role in people’s decisions to receive\, use\, and share personaliz
 ed genomic information.  Implications will be discussed.
LOCATION:Large Seminar Room\, 1st Floor\, Institute of Public Health\, Uni
 versity Forvie Site\, Robinson Way\, Cambridge
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