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标题：Delaying information search
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作者：Shani, Yaniv ; van de Ven, Niels ; Zeelenberg, Marcel 等
期刊名称：Judgment and Decision Making
印刷版ISSN：1930-2975
出版年度：2012
卷号：7
期号：6
页码：750-760
出版社：Society for Judgment and Decision Making
摘要：In three studies, we examined factors that may temporarily attenuate information search. People are generally curious and dislike uncertainty, which typically encourages them to look for relevant information. Despite these strong forces that promote information search, people sometimes deliberately delay obtaining valuable information. We find they may do so when they are concerned that the information might interfere with future pleasurable activities. Interestingly, the decision to search or to postpone searching for information is influenced not only by the value and importance of the information itself but also by well-being maintenance goals related to possible detrimental effects that negative knowledge may have on unrelated future plans.
关键词：information avoidance; well-being; uncertainty aversion; curiosity; affect regulation.