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Personal cancer knowledge and information seeking through PRISM: the planned risk information seeking model
Shelly R Hovick1, Leeann Kahlor, Ming-Ching Liang
1a School of Communication, The Ohio State University , Columbus , Ohio , USA.
Abstract:
This study retested PRISM, a model of risk information seeking, and found that it is applicable to the context of cancer risk communication. The study, which used an online sample of 928 U.S. adults, also tested the effect of additional variables on that model and found that the original model better fit the data. Among the strongest predictors of cancer information seeking were seeking-related subjective norms, attitude toward seeking, perceived knowledge insufficiency, and affective risk response. Furthermore, risk perception was a strong predictor of an affective risk response. The authors suggest that, given the robustness across studies, the path between seeking-related subjective norms and seeking intention is ready to be implemented in communication practice.
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