Examining predictors and consequences of information seeking in close relationships

By Walid A. Afifi, Megan R. Dillow, C. Morse. 2004

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Subfields: Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Applying the Theory of Motivated Information Management to adult children’s discussions of caregiving with aging parents (2011, background): “In contrast, Afifi et al. (2004) suggest that the TMIM is best able to account for information-management decisions when outcome expectancies are negative.”
Avoidance among adolescents in conversations about their parents’ relationship: Applying the Theory of Motivated Information Management (2009, background): “W. Afifi et al. (2004) tested the framework’s ability to test avoidance, but only as a secondary component of an overall information management system.”
Information Avoidance: Who, What, When, and Why (2010, background): “For example, people are more inclined to seek feedback about a relationship they are in if they anticipate the feedback will be positive (Afifi & Lucas, 2006) and are more likely to actively avoid relationship information if they anticipate it will be negative or unpleasant (Afifi et al., 2004).”
Incurious Motives to Seek Information about Potential Threats (2010, background): “However, the dispositional factors that may increase the likelihood of engaging in information-seeking about potential threats are unclear, and studies of the conditions that motivate individuals to actively seek such information have generally neglected to examine the role of personality variables ”
Revisiting the Foundations of Organizational Distrust (2017, unknown): “, 1975), be unwilling to disclose personal information or commit to a long-term relationship (Cho, 2006), be less willing to interact with those who are distrusted (Kramer, 1999), or be reluctant to cooperate, commit, restore, or maintain relationships (Afifi et al., 2004; Cho, 2006; Ickes et al., 2”