Do women’s personality traits influence their beliefs about cervical cancer screening: a descriptive-correlational study in a sample from Türkiye
These findings highlight the importance of personality traits in shaping women's health beliefs regarding cervical cancer and screening behaviors. To improve preventive health practices and screening participation, health interventions should consider individual personality traits alongside health attitudes and beliefs.
Authors
- Semra Elmas
- Gülşen Altuntaş Çalım
Institutions
- European University of Lefke (TR)
- Atatürk University (TR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Psychology
- Published
- 2025-10-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-025-03489-z
- Primary Topic
- Cervical Cancer and HPV Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00