It is widely believed that presentism is compatible with both a libertarian view of human freedom and an unrestricted principle of bivalence. I argue that, in fact, presentists must choose between bivalence and libertarianism: if presentism is true, then either the future is open or no one is free in the way that libertarians understand freedom. Presentism is the view that it always has been an...

Little is known about the correlates of cancer information avoidance and whether people with negative feelings and beliefs about cancer are more likely to avoid cancer information, allowing such thoughts and feelings to persist unchallenged. Using the Extended Parallel Processing Model as a theoretical guide, we tested the hypothesis that cancer fear and fatalism would predict cancer informatio...

BACKGROUND Little is known about the psychological predictors of colorectal screening uptake in England and mediators of associations between uptake and socioeconomic status (SES). This study tested the hypotheses that although higher threat and efficacy beliefs, lower cancer fatalism, lower depression, and better self-rated health would predict higher screening uptake, only efficacy beliefs, f...

PURPOSE The purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of cancer fatalism, breast cancer fear, and health motivation on perceived barriers to mammography in Korean women living in the community. METHODS The sample for this study was a convenience sample of 138 Korean women. Data were collected through a questionnaire that included Cancer Fatalism, the Breast Cancer Fear Scale, Health...

OBJECTIVE Survey data suggests that approximately three-fourths of adults are overwhelmed by cancer information - a construct we label cancer information overload (CIO). A significant limitation of existing research is that it relies on a single-item measure. The objective of the current study is to develop and validate a multi-item measure of CIO. METHODS Study 1 (N=209) surveyed healthcare ...

This study examined the association between mental adjustment styles and quality of life, and affect as a mediator among 238 Chinese cancer survivors. Regression analysis showed that quality of life was positively associated with fighting spirit and negatively associated with fatalism. Path analysis showed that greater fighting spirit was associated with more positive affect, which in turn was ...

BACKGROUND The HIV epidemic among people who inject drugs (PWID) in Russia continues to spread. This exploratory study examines how HIV-prevention measures are perceived and experienced by PWID in the northwestern region of Russia. METHODS Purposive sampling was used to obtain a variety of cases that could reflect possible differences in perception and experience of HIV-prevention efforts. We...

Spaces of hope? Fatalism, trade unionism and the uneven geography of capital in whitegoods manufacturing Rob Lambert and Michael Gillan University of Western Australia By engaging with the ‘politics of scale’ labour geography challenges the fatalism and consequent passivity that pervades much of the labour movement. Similarly, new forms of labour internationalism and union organisation offer th...