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Proposed Model of the Relationship of Risk Information Seeking and Processing to the Development of Preventive Behaviors

Griffin, Robert J., Dunwoody, Sharon, Neuwirth, Kurt·1999·Environmental Research
DOI 10.1006/enrs.1998.3940
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We articulate a model that focuses on characteristics of individuals that might predispose them to seek and process information about health in different ways. Specifically, the model proposes that seven factors-(1) individual characteristics, (2) perceived hazard characteristics, (3) affective response to the risk, (4) felt social pressures to possess relevant information, (5) information sufficiency, (6) one's personal capacity to learn, (7) beliefs about the usefulness of information in various channels-will influence the extent to which a person will seek out this risk information in both routine and nonroutine channels and the extent to which he or she will spend time and effort analyzing the risk information critically. By adapting and synthesizing aspects of Eagly and Chaiken's Heuristic-Systematic Model and Ajzen's Theory of Planned Behavior, we also expect that people who engage in more effortful information seeking and processing are more likely to develop risk-related cognitions, attitudes, and behaviors that are more stable (i.e., less changeable or volatile) over time. Since most forms of health information campaigns attempt to get people to adopt habitual or lifestyle changes, factors leading to the stability or volatility of those behavioral changes are essential concerns.

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  • The planned risk information seeking model (PRISM) was developed in 2010 by Kahlor by integrating multiple information seeking models including the theory of planned behavior, the risk information seeking and processing (RISP) model, and the augmented RISP model.

    “In 2010, Kahlor [22] developed the planned risk information seeking model (PRISM) by integrating multiple information seeking models including the theory of planned behavior [23], the risk information seeking and processing (RISP) model [24], and the augmented RISP model [25].”

    From A Cross-Cultural Comparison of an Extended Planned Risk Information Seeking Model on Mental Health Among College Students: Cross-Sectional Study (2020) · cites this paper as [24]

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  1. Grunig, 1983, Communication behaviors and attitudes of environmental publics: Two studies, Journal. Monogr., 81
  2. Jepson, 1990, Chronic issue-specific fear inhibits systematic processing of persuasive communications, J. Social Behav. Personal., 5, 61

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Authors
Griffin, R. J., Dunwoody, S., & Neuwirth, K.
Affiliations
  • Marquette University (US)
  • University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
  • University of Cincinnati (US)
ORCID
Griffin, Robert J.
Venue
Environmental Research
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1999-02
Volume
80
Issue
2
Pages
S230-S245
ISSN
0013-9351 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1006/enrs.1998.3940
OpenAlex
W2145362870
Cited by
1,187
References
88
Citations by year
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FWCI
18.80
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • Environmental Research (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • e-Publications@Marquette (Marquette University) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Risk Perception and Management
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Literature and Literary Theory › Media Influence and Health
Keywords
risk information seeking, risk information processing, preventive health behavior, heuristic-systematic model, theory of planned behavior, information sufficiency, learning ability, health information campaigns
MeSH terms
Communication, Humans, Information Services, Models, Theoretical, Public Health, Risk Management, Risk-Taking, Social Conditions, Health Behavior

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