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Erin S. Costanzo, MA, Susan K. Lutgendorf, PhD, Sarah L. Bradley, BS, Stephen L. Rose, MD and Barrie Anderson, MD

From the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa (E.S.C., S.K.L., S.L.B.); and the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa (S.L.R., B.A.).



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Figure 1. Interaction between attributing cancer to diet and dietary change in predicting anxiety (ß = 0.23, p = .02). High and low points represent scores 1 standard deviation above and below the mean on diet attribution.

 


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Figure 2. Interaction between attributing cancer to an unhealthy lifestyle and dietary change in predicting anxiety (ß = 0.20, p = .048). High and low points represent scores 1 standard deviation above and below the mean on lifestyle attribution.

 


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Figure 3. Interaction between attributing cancer to an unhealthy lifestyle and exercise change in predicting anxiety (ß = 0.25, p = .04). High and low points represent scores 1 standard deviation above and below the mean on lifestyle attribution.

 


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Figure 4. Interaction between believing that a healthy lifestyle can prevent cancer recurrence and dietary change in predicting anxiety (ß = 0.30, p = .004). High and low points represent scores 1 standard deviation above and below the mean on the belief that lifestyle can prevent recurrence.

 





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