Have No Fear: How Individuals Differing in Uncertainty Avoidance, Anxiety, and Chance Belief Process Health Risk Messages

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作者
De Meulenaer, Sarah [1 ]
De Pelsmacker, Patrick [2 ,3 ]
Dens, Nathalie [2 ,4 ]
机构
[1] Univ Antwerp, Fac Appl Econ, Dept Mkt, B-2020 Antwerp, Belgium
[2] Univ Antwerp, Fac Appl Econ, Dept Mkt, Mkt, B-2020 Antwerp, Belgium
[3] Univ Ghent, Fac Econ & Business Adm, Dept Mkt, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
[4] Antwerp Management Sch, Antwerp, Belgium
关键词
HIV-PREVENTION INTERVENTIONS; PARALLEL PROCESS MODEL; COLLEGE-STUDENTS; APPEALS; LOCUS; WARNINGS; HOFSTEDE; CULTURES;
D O I
10.1080/00913367.2015.1018465
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
In a sample of Belgian and Irish participants, we examine the impact of individual differences in uncertainty avoidance, anxiety, and chance belief on the processing of health risk messages. We test a model based on the extended parallel processing model (EPPM) using multigroup comparisons in structural equation modeling (SEM). Groups differing in chance belief process health risk messages in a similar way. Perceived efficacy determines message outcomes more strongly for low-anxiety and low-uncertainty-avoidance groups. Perceived threat has a stronger impact on fear for high-anxiety individuals, while it has a stronger impact on message acceptance for low-anxiety individuals.
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