The Breast Size Satisfaction Survey (BSSS): Breast size dissatisfaction and its antecedents and outcomes in women from 40 nations

Swami, Viren; Tran, Ulrich S.; Barron, David; Afhami, Reza; Aimé, Annie; Almenara, Carlos A.; Dal, Nursel Alp; Amaral, Ana Carolina Soares; Andrianto, Sonny; Anjum, Gulnaz; Argyrides, Marios; Atari, Mohammad; Aziz, Mudassar; Banai, Benjamin; Borowiec, Joanna; Brewis, Alexandra; Koçak, Yeliz Çakır; Campos, Juliana Álvares Duarte Bonini; Carmona, Carmen; Chaleeraktrakoon, Trawin; Chen, Hong; Chobthamkit, Phatthanakit; Choompunuch, Bovornpot; Constantinos, Togas; Crumlish, Aine; Cruz, Julio Eduardo; Dalley, Simon E.; Damayanti, Devi; Dare, Joanna; Donofrio, Stacey; Draksler, Anja; Escasa‐Dorne, Michelle; Fernandez, Elaine F.; Ferreira, Maria Elisa Caputo; Frederick, David A.; García, Antonio Alias; Geller, Shulamit; Alexias, George; Ghazieh, Louai; Goian, Cosmin; Gorman, Colin; Grano, Caterina; Handelzalts, Jonathan E.; Horsburgh, H. J. N.; Jackson, Todd; Delgado, Lady Grey Javela; Jović, Marija; Kantanista, Adam; Kertechian, Sevag K.; Kessels, Lilian; Król-Zielińska, Magdalena; Kuan, Garry; Kueh, Yee Cheng; Kumar, S. Vasantha; Kvalem, Ingela Lundin; Lombardo, Caterina; Almada, Ernesto Luís López; Maïano, Christophe; Manjary, Mandar; Massar, Karlijn; Matera, Camilla; Mereiles, Juliana F.Figueiras; Meskó, Norbert; Namatame, Hikari; Nerini, Amanda; Neto, Félix; Neto, Joana; Neves, Ângela Nogueira; Ng, Siu Kuen Robert; Nithiya, Devi R.; Omar, Salma Samir; Omori, Mamoru; Panasiti, Maria Serena; Banai, Irena Pavela; Pila, Eva; Pokrajac-Bulian, Alessandra; Poštuvan, Vita; Prichard, Ivanka; Razmus, Magdalena; Sabiston, Catherine M.; Sahlan, Reza N.; Sarfo, Jacob Owusu; Sawamiya, Yoko; Stieger, Stefan; SturtzSreetharan, Cindi; Tee, Eugene Y. J.; Hoor, Gill A. ten; Thongpibul, Kulvadee; Tipandjan, Arun; Tudorel, Otilia Ioana; Tylka, Tracy L.; Vally, Zahir; Vargas-Nieto, Juan Camilo; Vega, Luis Diego; Vidal-Mollón, Jose; Vintilă, Mona; Williams, Deborah; Wutich, Amber; Yamamiya, Yuko; Zambrano, Danilo; Zanetti, Marcelo Callegari; Živčić–Bećirević, Ivanka; Voracek, Martin

doi:10.1016/j.bodyim.2020.01.006

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“…The cross-sectional study was conducted as an addition to The Breast Size Satisfaction Survey (BSSS) [36]. A convenience sample consisting of 296 adult (≥ 18 years old) women living in Norway completed a self-administered paper and pencil questionnaire between September 2018 and June 2019.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The questionnaire used in the study (see Additional file 1) consisted of two parts: the first part was provided by the BSSS project [36]; the second part was developed by the authors based on the literature review of breast cancer screening research. Construct validity was assessed using factor analysis with orthogonal rotation.…”

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“…Breast checks frequency that was assessed with one item "How often do you check your breast? ", rated from "Rarely or never (1)" to "At least once a week (4)" [36]. Participants were later coded into two groups: rarely or never and weekly to yearly.…”

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Psychological predictors of intention and avoidance of attending organized mammography screening in Norway: applying the Extended Parallel Process Model

Ivanova

Kvalem

2021

BMC Women's Health

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Background Mammography screening is the main method for early detection of breast cancer in Norway. Few studies have focused on psychological determinants of both attendance and non-attendance of publicly available mammography screening programs. The aim of the current study, guided by the Extended Parallel Process Model, was to examine how psychological factors influence defensive avoidance of breast cancer screening and intention to attend mammography. Methods Cross-sectional survey data from a community sample of women living in Norway aged ≥ 18 (N = 270), and without a history of breast cancer, was collected from September 2018 to June 2019 and used to investigate the relationships between the Extended Parallel Process Model (EPPM) constructs and two outcomes: defensive avoidance of breast cancer screening and intention to attend mammography within the next two years. After adjusting for confounding factors, the hierarchical multiple linear regression analyses was conducted to assess the ability of the independent variables based on the EPPM to predict the two outcome variables. Significance level was chosen at p < 0.05. Results Multivariate analyses showed that defensive avoidance of breast cancer screening was predicted by lower perceived susceptibility to breast cancer (β = − 0.22, p = 0.001), lower response efficacy of mammography screening (β = − 0.33, p = 0.001), higher breast cancer fear (β = 0.15, p = 0.014), and checking breasts for lumps (β = − 0.23, p = 0.001). Intention to attend mammography within the next two years was predicted by higher response efficacy of mammography screening (β = 0.13, p = 0.032), having a lower educational level (β = − 0.10, p = 0.041), and regular previous mammography attendance compared to never attending (β = 0.49, p = 0.001). Conclusions The study revealed that defensive avoidance of breast cancer screening and intention to attend mammography were not predicted by the same pattern of psychological factors. Our findings suggest future health promotion campaigns need to focus not only on the psychological factors that encourage women’s decision to attend the screening, but also to counter factors that contribute to women’s decision to avoid it.

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Psychological predictors of intention and avoidance of attending organized mammography screening in Norway: applying the Extended Parallel Process Model

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2021

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“…Fourth, a battery of attitude questions was developed, and Catania's (1998) scale on dyadic communication about sex was included. Also included were questions about the quality of sexual relationship with partner (Kolodziejczak et al, 2019;Lawrance & Byers, 1998) and body image (Barelds-Dijkstra & Barelds, 2008;Swami et al, 2020). Last, the indicator of sexual functioning was modified from NATSAL-3 (Mitchell et al, 2013), relationship happiness from Heiman et al (2011), and help seeking from Hinchliff and Gott (2011).…”

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Silencing the sexual self and relational and individual well-being in later life: a gendered analysis of North versus South of Europe

Træen

Hansen

Štulhofer

2021

Sexual and Relationship Therapy

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This study explores the European North-South differences in older partnered individuals' silencing of the sexual self and its links to relational and individual well-being. A web survey was conducted among partnered individuals aged 65 years or above in Norway and Croatia. There were 368 (women: 37.8%, response rate: 22%) and 359 (women: 34.5%, response rate: 27%) individuals who participated in Norway and Croatia, respectively. A range of relational (sexual satisfaction, relationship quality) and individual well-being (anxiety, depression, and life satisfaction) indicators was considered. Sexual self-silencing had significant impacts across outcomes, gender, and countries. Furthermore, contrary to what might be expected, we observed no differences in self-silencing between the two countries; and in both countries, men were more self-silenced than women. Findings suggest that sexual selfsilencing can compromise relationship quality and psychological well-being in later life. Health and clinical practice toward older individuals and couples should thus probe about and aim to improve the expression of sexual desires and needs.

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“…Researchers study what they are interested in (Fiske, 2010) and all individuals bring their assumptions, prior experiences, and biases into the process (Cole & Stewart, 2001; Fisher et al, 2002; Fiske, 2010; Henrich et al, 2010). Researcher diversity is often an aim of many researcher crowdsourced initiatives (Cuccolo & Irgens, 2019; Moshontz et al, 2018; Swami et al, 2020) that requires effortful action (e.g., advertising the research opportunity, planning committees, outreach) to bring to fruition. The effortful inclusion of multiple researchers with varied demographics and diverse priors (e.g., ones’ assumptions, perspectives, experiences) facilitates communication about a project’s development, implementation, and interpretation (Moussa Rogers, personal communication, July 9, 2020).…”

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What Crowdsourcing Can Offer to Cross-Cultural Psychological Science

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Zlokovich

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Cross-Cultural Research

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Although the benefits of crowdsourcing research models have been outlined elsewhere, very little attention has been paid to the application of these models to cross-cultural behavioral research. In this manuscript, we delineate two types of crowdsourcing initiatives—researcher crowdsourced and participant crowdsourced. Researcher crowdsourced refers to initiatives where researchers are gathered to work toward a shared goal. Participant crowdsourced refers to those which allow a researcher to gather a large number of participants within a short time frame. We explore the utility of each type of initiative while providing readers with a framework that can be used when deciding whether researcher or participant crowdsourcing initiatives would be most fruitful for their work. Perceived strengths of a researcher crowdsourced initiative with a cross-cultural focus is based on contributor data from Psi Chi’s Network for International Collaborative Exchange (NICE) and is integrated into this framework. Claims are made for the utility of both researcher and participant crowdsourcing as a way to increase generalizability and reliability, decrease time burdens, democratize research, educate individuals on open science, and provide mentorship. These claims are supported with data from NICE contributors.

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The Breast Size Satisfaction Survey (BSSS): Breast size dissatisfaction and its antecedents and outcomes in women from 40 nations

Cited by 40 publications

References 154 publications

Psychological predictors of intention and avoidance of attending organized mammography screening in Norway: applying the Extended Parallel Process Model

Psychological predictors of intention and avoidance of attending organized mammography screening in Norway: applying the Extended Parallel Process Model

Silencing the sexual self and relational and individual well-being in later life: a gendered analysis of North versus South of Europe

What Crowdsourcing Can Offer to Cross-Cultural Psychological Science

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