Outcomes of Information Seeking and Avoidance Behaviors: Insights from a German Longitudinal Study

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Autoren
  • Elena Link
  • Robin Leuppert
  • Eva Baumann
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DOI
10.1080/10810730.2023.2268562
eISSN
1087-0415
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  • Clarivate Analytics Document Solution ID: Y0XG3
  • PubMed Identifier: 37846508
ISSN
1081-0730
Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
12
Zeitschrift
JOURNAL OF HEALTH COMMUNICATION
Paginierung
793 - 804
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2023
Status
Published
Titel
Outcomes of Information Seeking and Avoidance Behaviors: Insights from a German Longitudinal Study
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Autoren
  • Elena Link
  • Robin Leuppert
  • Eva Baumann
DOI
10.1080/10810730.2023.2268562
eISSN
1087-0415
ISSN
1081-0730
Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
12
Zeitschrift
Journal of Health Communication
Sprache
en
Online publication date
2023
Paginierung
793 - 804
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2023
Status
Published
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Informa UK Limited
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2023.2268562
Datum der Datenerfassung
2024
Titel
Outcomes of Information Seeking and Avoidance Behaviors: Insights from a German Longitudinal Study
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
28

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Abstract
Examining information behaviors is often justified by their consequences but theoretical models of information behaviors have focused on antecedents of seeking and avoidance rather than their outcomes. Therefore, the current study aims to explore the affective, cognitive, and behavioral consequences of information-seeking and avoidance behaviors related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on a secondary analysis of a four-wave online survey of a sample of German residents (<i>n</i> = 492), we conducted hybrid models allowing us to differentiate between within-person effects of information behaviors on the outcomes and between-person correlations between information behaviors and outcomes. The findings revealed only single and small effects of information behaviors. Cognitive consequences such as risk perceptions were influenced by information seeking, whereas information seeking and avoidance affected individuals' subjective but not their objective level of knowledge. Neither information seeking nor avoidance impacted affective responses or a variety of behavioral consequences. These results contrast with assumptions that information seeking is per se a desirable health outcome, whereas information avoidance might be a barrier to health prevention and pandemic containment. At least in times of a health crisis, the findings suggest that information behavior might not be the central determinant of various affective, cognitive, and behavioral outcomes.
Addresses
  • Department Communication, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
Autoren
  • Elena Link
  • Robin Leuppert
  • Eva Baumann
DOI
10.1080/10810730.2023.2268562
eISSN
1087-0415
Externe Identifier
  • PubMed Identifier: 37846508
Funding acknowledgements
  • The work featured in this article was supported by the Ministry of Science and Culture of Lower Saxony, Germany:
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ISSN
1081-0730
Zeitschrift
Journal of health communication
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eng
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Online publication date
2023
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1 - 12
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2023
Status
Published
Datum der Datenerfassung
2023
Titel
Outcomes of Information Seeking and Avoidance Behaviors: Insights from a German Longitudinal Study.
Sub types
  • Journal Article

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Abstract
Examining information behaviors is often justified by their consequences but theoretical models of information behaviors have focused on antecedents of seeking and avoidance rather than their outcomes. Therefore, the current study aims to explore the affective, cognitive, and behavioral consequences of information-seeking and avoidance behaviors related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on a secondary analysis of a four-wave online survey of a sample of German residents (n = 492), we conducted hybrid models allowing us to differentiate between within-person effects of information behaviors on the outcomes and between-person correlations between information behaviors and outcomes. The findings revealed only single and small effects of information behaviors. Cognitive consequences such as risk perceptions were influenced by information seeking, whereas information seeking and avoidance affected individuals' subjective but not their objective level of knowledge. Neither information seeking nor avoidance impacted affective responses or a variety of behavioral consequences. These results contrast with assumptions that information seeking is per se a desirable health outcome, whereas information avoidance might be a barrier to health prevention and pandemic containment. At least in times of a health crisis, the findings suggest that information behavior might not be the central determinant of various affective, cognitive, and behavioral outcomes.
Autoren
  • Elena Link
  • Robin Leuppert
  • Eva Baumann
Autoren-URL
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37846508
DOI
10.1080/10810730.2023.2268562
eISSN
1087-0415
Zeitschrift
J Health Commun
Sprache
eng
Country
United States
Paginierung
1 - 12
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2023
Status
Published online
Titel
Outcomes of Information Seeking and Avoidance Behaviors: Insights from a German Longitudinal Study.
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  • Journal Article

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