Information Avoidance and Image Concerns [PDF]
The Economic Journal, 2021 AbstractA rich literature finds that individuals avoid information and suggests that avoidance is driven by image concerns. This paper provides the first direct test of whether individuals avoid information because of image concerns. We build on a classic paradigm, introducing control conditions that make minimal changes to eliminate the role of image ...
Christine L, Exley, Judd B, Kessler
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Information Avoidance: a Systematic Review [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Information Processing & Management, 2021 The aim of this study is to understand the concept of information avoidance in terms of origin, effective factors, behaviors, areas of the previous studies, and research gaps.
Mahsa Torabi, Mahdieh Mirzabeigi
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Exploring the roles of fear and powerlessness in the relationship between perceived risk of the COVID-19 pandemic and information-avoidance behavior [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 The COVID-19 has seriously impacted various aspects of the society on a global scale. However, it is still unclear how perceived risk influences epidemic information-avoidance behavior which generally helps us understand public information avoidance ...
Kunying Zhang +5 more
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Dealing With the COVID-19 Infodemic: Distress by Information, Information Avoidance, and Compliance With Preventive Measures [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 In the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, media reports have caused anxiety and distress in many. In some individuals, feeling distressed by information may lead to avoidance of information, which has been shown to undermine compliance
Katharina U. Siebenhaar +2 more
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The paradox of AI content labeling: how clarity influences information avoidance via cognitive dissonance on social platforms [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyIntroductionThe rapid growth of AI-generated content (AIGC) on social media has led to the introduction of AI disclosure labels to enhance transparency; however, emerging technologies such as Sora2 make it difficult for users to discern synthetic from ...
Zhixuan Gong +4 more
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Physical health mindsets and information avoidance [PDF]
Journal of Behavioral MedicineAbstractHealth mindsets refer to beliefs about the malleability (growth mindset) versus stability (fixed mindset) of physical health and have gained traction as a predictor of health beliefs and behaviors. Across two studies, we tested whether health mindsets were associated with avoiding personalized health risk information. In Study 2, we also tested
Abigail G. O’Brien +2 more
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Healthcare Information Avoidance in the Context of Caring for a Child with a Serious Illness [PDF]
ChildrenCaregivers of a child with a serious medical condition are often confronted with difficult and stressful medical information. While they commonly seek out health-related information to better care for their child and help with their decision-making ...
Tiina Jaaniste +2 more
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Health Information Avoidance and eHealth Literacy in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis: A Cross‐Sectional Correlational Study [PDF]
Health Science ReportsBackground and Aims Information avoidance refers to deliberately evading or delaying access to freely accessible but undesired information, and eHealth literacy refers to people's capability to comprehend, assess, find, and use health knowledge derived ...
Leila Mobasher +4 more
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Research on health information avoidance behavior and influencing factors of cancer patients—an empirical analysis based on structural equation modeling [PDF]
BMC Public HealthObjective To explore the health information avoidance behaviors and influencing factors of cancer patients, and to construct a structural equation model to analyze the mediating roles of self-efficacy and negative emotions in the process of generating ...
Rui Zhu +7 more
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Generation Z’s Health Information Avoidance Behavior: Insights From Focus Group Discussions [PDF]
Journal of Medical Internet ResearchBackgroundYounger generations actively use social media to access health information. However, research shows that they also avoid obtaining health information online at times when confronted with uncertainty ...
Chenjin Jia, Pengcheng Li
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