TO PICTURE OR NOT TO PICTURE - LEVELS OF EROTOPHOBIA AND BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION BROCHURE TECHNIQUES

People's level of erotophobia influences their acceptance of sexually related situations, including the likelihood of engaging in sexually r elated health care such as breast self-examinations (BSE). Female coll ege students (n = 61) completed a measure of erotophobia and read a BS E brochure that either did or did not contain instructional photograph s showing a woman's breasts. As hypothesized when the brochure contain ed photographs, women high in erotophobia felt less competent in givin g themselves BSE and were less likely to claim that they did things to improve their health. When the brochure contained no photographs, wom en low in erotophobia thought that the information was easier to under stand and that BSE was more important.