TY - JOUR
T1 - Feel Worried, Overloaded, or Fatalistic? The Determinants of Cancer Uncertainty Management Preferences
AU - Peng, Wei
AU - Carcioppolo, Nick
AU - Occa, Aurora
AU - Ali, Khudejah
AU - Yang, Qinghua
AU - Yang, Fan
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was funded in part by the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
Copyright:
Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Uncertainty in the context of cancer involves a complex and conflicting decision-making process. Individual preferences of seeking or avoiding information in the decisions of maintaining, reducing, or increasing uncertainty often depend on key cancer-related beliefs. The present study investigates whether cancer worry (CW), information overload (CIO), or fatalism (CF) can predict four constructs of uncertainty management preferences–avoid to maintain hope, avoid insufficient information, seek to increase uncertainty, and seek to reduce uncertainty. A hybrid model with structural and measurement components was specified and tested. The model analysis shows that cancer-related beliefs influenced individuals’ needs and preferences for uncertainty management through seeking or avoiding information. CW was positively related to all but avoiding insufficient information. CIO was positively associated with all four preferences. CF was only associated with avoiding to maintain uncertainty. Theoretical and practical implications were discussed.
AB - Uncertainty in the context of cancer involves a complex and conflicting decision-making process. Individual preferences of seeking or avoiding information in the decisions of maintaining, reducing, or increasing uncertainty often depend on key cancer-related beliefs. The present study investigates whether cancer worry (CW), information overload (CIO), or fatalism (CF) can predict four constructs of uncertainty management preferences–avoid to maintain hope, avoid insufficient information, seek to increase uncertainty, and seek to reduce uncertainty. A hybrid model with structural and measurement components was specified and tested. The model analysis shows that cancer-related beliefs influenced individuals’ needs and preferences for uncertainty management through seeking or avoiding information. CW was positively related to all but avoiding insufficient information. CIO was positively associated with all four preferences. CF was only associated with avoiding to maintain uncertainty. Theoretical and practical implications were discussed.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85075425610&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=85075425610&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/10410236.2019.1692489
DO - 10.1080/10410236.2019.1692489
M3 - Article
C2 - 31760812
AN - SCOPUS:85075425610
VL - 36
SP - 347
EP - 360
JO - Health Communication
JF - Health Communication
SN - 1041-0236
IS - 3
ER -