The Role of Approach and Avoidance Motivation and Emotion Regulation in Coping Via Health Information Seeking

• DOI: 10.1007/s12144-019-00488-3
• Publication Date: 2019-10-26T17:02:45Z
• Authors: Anita Chasiotis; Oliver Wedderhoff; Tom Rosman; Anne-Kathrin Mayer
• Keywords: Avoidance coping; Regulatory focus theory; Negative emotion

Abstract When dealing with a health threat, information seeking (HIS) is prominent way of engagement coping. Yet, there only limited research as to its motivational and emotion regulatory antecedents. We present theoretical model integrating approach avoidance motivation, regulation, HIS self-efficacy, problem coping focus predictors HIS. propose that, in the context HIS, (1) motivation have direct effect on regulation ability (positive negative, respectively), (2) indirect effects intended comprehensiveness search via self-efficacy focus, (3) has focus. Our was tested by means structural equation modeling sample university students ( N = 283). Model fit good, all three hypotheses were supported. show that essential explain it fosters The may represent an alternative threat for those individuals who are highly sensitive threat-related emotions.