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This framework may be especially useful for examining how a family history of breast cancer influences preventative breast health behaviors. Women with no family history, a family history where a family member survived breast cancer, and those who lost a family member to the disease were recruited to participate in one of two preregistered online studies. Participants completed measures of perceived susceptibility, associations of breast cancer with death, breast health esteem, and behavioral breast health intentions. In both studies, the effect of family history on behavioral intentions was serially mediated by susceptibility perceptions, breast cancer\u2013death association, and feelings of esteem related to breast health behaviors. There were no effects of priming mortality. 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