Neuroticism, cancer mortality salience, and physician avoidance in cancer survivors: Proximity of treatment matters

To examine if the relationship between neuroticism and physician avoidance/physician visit concerns are mediated by perceptions that cancer is associated with death ("cancer mortality salience"; CMS) for cancer survivors to inform public health interventions and tailored health communications.Cancer survivors comprised 42.3% of the total sample (n = 525). Participants completed a 4-item neuroticism scale, 4-item cancer perceptions scale, and...