Fig. 2: Hypotheses on the effect of agreement between clinicians and counselees on distress at T1 and T2, and factors susceptible to influence this effect. | European Journal of Human Genetics

Fig. 2: Hypotheses on the effect of agreement between clinicians and counselees on distress at T1 and T2, and factors susceptible to influence this effect.

From: Assessment of psychosocial difficulties by genetic clinicians and distress in women at high risk of breast cancer: a prospective study

Fig. 2

The thick arrows represent the effect being tested. T1 = within 1 month after the initial genetic consultation; T2 = within 3 months after the genetic test disclosure consultation. The theoretical model presumes that a “sample” would influence “agreement” at T1 and “distress” at T1 and T2; b that the effect of “agreement” at T1 on distress at T2 would depend on time elapsed between T1 and T2; c the influence of distress at T1 on distress at T2 was not considered because distress at T1 is part of the link between “agreement” at T1 and distress at T2; d genetic test result at T2 is independent from “agreement” and distress at T1; the influence of this factor on distress at T2 is tested independently.

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