Information processing and negative affect: Evidence from the 2003 Health Information National Trends Survey. |
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Authors: | Beckjord Ellen Burke; Finney Rutten Lila J; Arora Neeraj K; Moser Richard P; Hesse Bradford W |
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Abstract: | Objective: Health communication can help reduce the cancer burden by increasing processing of information about health interventions. Negative affect is associated with information processing and may be a barrier to successful health communication. Design and Main Outcome Measures: We examined associations between negative affect and information processing at the population level. Symptoms of depression (6 items) and cancer worry (1 item) operationalized negative affect; attention to health information (5 items) and cancer information-seeking experiences (6 items) operationalized information processing. Results: Higher cancer worry was associated with more attention to health information (p |
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Keywords: | health communication information processing negative affect |
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