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2011
Despite historically high rates of economic growth in South Asia over the last two decades, the extent of informality remains large and widespread. This paper asks why that is, why informality needs to be addressed, and how it can be addressed. The central thrust of this paper is to emphasize the heterogeneity of the informality discourse.
Kanbur, Ravi, Kanbur, Ravi
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Despite historically high rates of economic growth in South Asia over the last two decades, the extent of informality remains large and widespread. This paper asks why that is, why informality needs to be addressed, and how it can be addressed. The central thrust of this paper is to emphasize the heterogeneity of the informality discourse.
Kanbur, Ravi, Kanbur, Ravi
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Reducing Information Avoidance Through Affirmation
Psychological Science, 2012Although screening for medical problems can have health benefits, the potentially threatening nature of the results can lead people to avoid screening. In three studies, we examined whether affirming people’s self-worth reduces their avoidance of medical-screening feedback.
Jennifer L, Howell, James A, Shepperd
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Behavioral Obligation and Information Avoidance
Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 2012Although knowledge can be powerful and bring a variety of important benefits, people often opt to remain ignorant.We propose that people are particularly inclined to remain ignorant when learning information could obligate undesirable behavior.In three studies, participants completed an online risk calculator and then learned that receiving high-risk ...
Jennifer L, Howell, James A, Shepperd
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Information Avoidance: Past Perspectives and Future Directions
Perspectives on Psychological Science, 2023In the present age of unprecedented access to information, it is important to understand how and why people avoid information. Multiple definitions of “information avoidance” exist, and key aspects of these definitions deserve attention, such as distinguishing information avoidance from (lack of) information seeking, considering the intentionality and
Jeremy L. Foust, Jennifer M. Taber
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Avoiding Trouble: Exploring Environmental Risk Information Avoidance Intentions.
Environment and Behavior, 2018This study explores predictors of risk information avoidance intentions in the context of a novel environmental threat—induced earthquakes in Texas. Given the paucity of research on risk information avoidance, this work was guided by a cognitive information behavior model.
Lee Ann Kahlor +3 more
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Modeling Electronic-Cigarette Users’ Risk Information Avoidance
Journal of Health Communication, 2022The current study examined e-cigarette users' risk information avoidance (i.e., RIA), which is a significant challenge to e-cigarette risk communication. Applying and extending previous RIA studies and the risk information seeking and processing (RISP) model, this study identified the predictors of e-cigarette users' RIA with a comprehensive model that
Eugene Kim, Melanie A. Sarge
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Reducing Health-Information Avoidance Through Contemplation
Psychological Science, 2013Despite the importance of learning about one’s health, people sometimes opt to remain ignorant. In three studies, we investigated whether prompting people to contemplate their reasons for seeking or avoiding information would reduce avoidance of personal health information.
Jennifer L, Howell, James A, Shepperd
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Avoiding Risk Information About Breast Cancer
Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 2012Learning about personal risk can provide numerous benefits yet people sometimes opt to remain ignorant.Two studies examined the role of perceived control, coping resources, and anticipated regret in women's decision to avoid breast cancer risk information.Women completed a health inventory and then read a brochure about either controllable or ...
Darya, Melnyk, James A, Shepperd
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Journal of Health Communication, 2016
Although cancer information avoidance (CIA) is detrimental to public health, predictors of CIA have not been fully investigated. Based on uncertainty management theory, this study viewed CIA as a response to uncertainty related to the distress associated with cancer information and illustrated the psychological process leading to CIA. Given the current
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Although cancer information avoidance (CIA) is detrimental to public health, predictors of CIA have not been fully investigated. Based on uncertainty management theory, this study viewed CIA as a response to uncertainty related to the distress associated with cancer information and illustrated the psychological process leading to CIA. Given the current
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Establishing an Information Avoidance Scale.
Psychological Assessment, 2016People differ in their openness to different types of information and some information may evoke greater avoidance than does other information. We developed an 8-item measure of people's tendency to avoid learning information. The flexible instrument can function as both a predictor and outcome measure.
Jennifer L. Howell, James A. Shepperd
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