减少信息回避:幽默,可爱的动物和应对信息的有效性
Heather Orom1, Natasha C Allard1, Jennifer L Hay2
1Department of Community Health and Health Behavior, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA.
British journal of health psychology
|August 28, 2024
概括
有趣的漫画,不是可爱的动物或应对信息,减少了对结直肠癌 (CRC) 的健康信息回避. 在健康信息中使用幽默可能会增加与通常避免此类信息的人的接触.
科学领域:
- 卫生沟通健康沟通
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 行为科学 行为科学
背景情况:
- 避免健康信息是预防护理的一个重大障碍.
- 享乐过剩和情绪作为资源假设表明,积极的情绪状态可以影响健康行为.
- 识别能够减轻避免的信息组件对于公共卫生宣传至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查通过消息组件诱导享乐心理状态是否可以防止健康信息回避.
- 为了确定减少避免结直肠癌 (CRC) 信息的特定信息元素.
主要方法:
- 进行了两项实验性研究,参与者年龄在45-75岁之间.
- 报告CRC信息回避倾向的参与者被随机分配到看幽默的漫画,可爱的动物,应对信息或控制图像.
- 通过参与者选择使用CRC风险计算器或信息视频来评估健康信息回避行为.
主要成果:
- 观看幽默漫画显著增加了参与CRC信息的可能性在那些高避开倾向的人中 (研究1OR=5.26,p=.02;研究2OR=2.42,p=.04).
- 可爱的动物图像和应对信息并没有显著减少避免健康信息.
- 情绪没有调解幽默漫画对信息回避的观察到的影响.
结论:
- 幽默,特别是通过漫画,可以是一个有效的策略来克服最初对健康信息的抵制.
- 将幽默融入健康沟通的开始,可能会增强接触那些倾向于避免健康信息的人群的机会.
- 这种方法有可能改善对CRC和其他与健康有关的内容的参与.
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