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This research investigates how neutral symptoms influence worry about cancer among women with and without cancer history.

Contribution of concrete cognition to emotion: Neutral symptoms as elicitors of worry about cancer.

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Randomized trial examines how neutral symptoms influence cancer worry in women, indicating pathways for managing disease anxiety.

This research investigates how neutral symptoms influence worry about cancer among women with and without cancer history.
Analyzed responses from 54 ex-patients cured of breast cancer and 81 women without cancer history.
Examined the role of concrete perceptual cues and their impact on perceived cancer risk.
Conducted supporting analyses to rule out biases in symptom attribution.
Ex-patients reported significantly more worry about cancer compared to women with no cancer history.
Concrete symptoms acted as promoters of worry, triggering vulnerability beliefs without affecting risk appraisals.
Judged cancer risk was more closely linked to symptom experiences than to emotional states.

Easterling et al. (1989) studied this question.

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