Journal of behavioral medicine
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The aim of this special section is to showcase research contributing to our understanding of factors influencing decisions to undergo genetic testing and the impact of the genetic testing process on health-related behaviors of tested individuals. The first two articles report studies investigating factors associated with interest in genetic testing and acceptance of test results (Sherman et al. in J Behav Med doi: 10.1007/s10865-015-9630-9 , 2015; Taber et al. in J Behav Med doi: 10.1007/s10865-015-9642-5 , 2015b). ⋯ The final three articles investigate the effects of genetic risk information on beliefs about disease control and prevention (Aspinwall et al. in J Behav Med doi: 10.1007/s10865-015-9631-8 , 2015; Kelly et al. in J Behav Med doi 10.1007/s10865-014-9613-2 , 2014; Myers et al. in J Behav Med doi: 10.1007/s10865-015-9626-5 , 2015). Collectively, the special section of papers highlights the diverse ways in which behavioural medicine contributes to our understanding of genetic testing for disease risk, and points to the value of further research to better understand ways in which individuals perceive, interpret and respond to genetic risk information.
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Retraction Of Publication
Retraction Note to: Preference for immediate reinforcement over delayed reinforcement: relation between delay discounting and health behavior.
Retraction Note to: J Behav Med (2013) 36:34–43DOI 10.1007/s10865-012-9399-z. At the request of Kevin Larkin, this article has been retracted due to research misconduct of Shane Melanko. Mister Melanko was solely responsible for the actions that resulted in the retraction of this article, and Dr. ⋯ Melanko for other studies have been discarded and will not be analyzed or published. The online version of the original article can be found under doi:10.1007/s10865-012-9399-z. The first retraction note of the article can be found under doi:10.1007/s10865-014-9602-5.