Causal Attributions in an Australian Aboriginal Family With Marfan Syndrome: A Qualitative Study

Causal attributions are important determinants of how health threats are processed and affect health-related behaviours. To date, there has been no research on causal attributions in genetic conditions in Aboriginal Australians. Forty members of a large Aboriginal Australian family with Marfan syndrome (MFS) were invited to participate in an ethically approved study exploring causal attributions, including perceived causes of phenotypic...