PRISM and Emotions: Understanding the Role of Fear and Hope toward Vaccine Information Seeking Intentions

Julie E. Volkman, Ashleigh M. Day, Tara G. McManus, Kirsten L. Hokeness, Chris R. Morse

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Abstract

Vaccines represent one of the greatest health efforts to help combat diseases, yet they often evoke emotional responses among individuals. These emotional responses can influence an individual’s desire to seek information about vaccines. The purpose of this research was to examine these relationships further using the Planned Risk Information Seeking Model (PRISM) and explore the role of emotions, specifically fear and hope, on vaccine-related information seeking intentions. Two separate models were tested using the PRISM model, one for fear and one for hope. Results suggest fear did not have a significant direct effect on vaccine information seeking, while hope had a positive and significant relationship. Interestingly, both attitude toward seeking and perceived current knowledge each had a positive relationship with information seeking intentions in the fear and hope models. Future research should continue to examine the role of specific emotions within the PRISM model to better predict information seeking intentions.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2806-2817
Number of pages12
JournalHealth Communication
Volume38
Issue number13
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Health(social science)
  • Communication

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