Giansanto Mosconi, Paola Bertuccio, Ilaria Albertin, Marcello Esposito, Anna Polgatti, Franco Taverna, Diego Turcinovich, Sara Russo, Silvia Gaggi, Serena Barello, Andrea Amerio, Sabrina Molinaro, Silvano Gallus, Lorella Cecconami, Simone Feder, Tomaso Vecchi, Anna Odone
{"title":"P.A.V.I.A. Study: Pervasiveness and Associated Factors of Video Slot Machine Use in a Large Sample of Italian Adolescents.","authors":"Giansanto Mosconi, Paola Bertuccio, Ilaria Albertin, Marcello Esposito, Anna Polgatti, Franco Taverna, Diego Turcinovich, Sara Russo, Silvia Gaggi, Serena Barello, Andrea Amerio, Sabrina Molinaro, Silvano Gallus, Lorella Cecconami, Simone Feder, Tomaso Vecchi, Anna Odone","doi":"10.1007/s10899-024-10334-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10899-024-10334-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Video slot machines (VSM) are considered a particularly harmful gambling format; however, scant data is available on their use among underage Italian individuals. Two surveys were conducted in 2018 and 2022 involving 7,959 underage high school students (57.8% female) in Pavia, Northern Italy. We estimated adjusted odds ratios (aOR) and corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CI) for lifetime experience and current regular (at least monthly) use of VSM, according to family, educational and behavioral factors. Overall, participants reporting lifetime VSM experience were 13.2% (95% CI: 12.5 - 13.9), 15.2% (95% CI: 14.0-16.4%) in 2018, and 12.0% (95% CI: 11.1-13.0%) in 2022. Current regular VSM users were 1.4% (95% CI: 1.1-1.7) in total, 1.2% (95% CI: 0.8-1.6%) in 2018 and 1.5% (95% CI: 1.1-1.8%) in 2022. VSM lifetime experience and current regular use were significantly more frequent in males (aORs: 1.55 and 4.81, respectively), students who failed a year (aORs: 2.07 and 3.44), or with daily gambling parents/siblings (aORs: 2.83 and 4.86). Lifetime use of alcohol, tobacco, or illicit substances was significantly directly associated with lifetime VSM use (aORs between 2.64 and 4.75); monthly alcohol, tobacco, or illicit substances use was significantly directly associated with current regular VSM use (aORs between 4.47 and 18.21). Sexting and voluntary self-injury were significantly more frequent among VSM lifetime/current regular users. VSM use, which is directly associated with other risky behaviors, may be pervasive among Italian minors. Such public health concern calls for legislative enforcements and integrated multidisciplinary health promotion and prevention strategies.</p>","PeriodicalId":48155,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Gambling Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141735345","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On the robustness of reciprocal associations between personality and religiosity in a German sample.","authors":"Richard E Lucas, Julia M Rohrer","doi":"10.1111/jopy.12964","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jopy.12964","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Entringer et al. used longitudinal data from a German panel study to examine reciprocal causal effects between personality and religiosity, along with cultural moderators of these effects. The current paper examines the robustness of the original effects to alternative model specifications.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>We reanalyzed the same four-wave data spanning 12 years (total N = 46,316), first replicating the original cross-lagged panel analyses and then extending these analyses in three ways: Using a random-intercept cross-lagged panel model, using observed rather than latent variables, and modeling each trait individually rather than simultaneously.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Correlations between personality and religiosity were all small in size, even when aggregating over 12 years. Lagged effects were very small, and none was robust across all model specifications. Cultural moderators also depended on model specifications.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The very small size of these reciprocal effects, along with their sensitivity to model specifications, suggest that conclusions about causal effects of personality and religiosity should be drawn very cautiously.</p>","PeriodicalId":48421,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Personality","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141856762","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The effects of working memory training on working memory, self-regulation, and analogical reasoning of preschool children.","authors":"David Tzuriel, Tammy Weiss, Gaby Kashy-Rosenbaum","doi":"10.1111/bjep.12709","DOIUrl":"10.1111/bjep.12709","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and aims: </strong>This study examined the effects of working memory training (WMT) on WM and fluid intelligence. A novel four-pronged model of mediated learning, cognitive functions, task characteristics and metacognition is presented as a conceptual basis for the Modifiability of a Working Memory Program (MWMP). Our basic assumption is that increasing WM depends on a synchronized combination of the four components.</p><p><strong>Sample: </strong>A group of typically developed preschool children (n = 62) participated in the experimental group, receiving the MWMP. They were compared with a control group (n = 56) of preschool children who engaged in a substitute program. This comparison allowed us to discern the specific effects of the MWMP.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>All participants received tests of WM, self-regulation and analogical reasoning before and after the intervention. The MWMP was administered to children in the experimental group for 10 weekly sessions, each lasting 40 minutes, in small groups of two children. The children in the control group engaged in didactic activities that were part of a school curriculum routine for kindergartners for the same length of time.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We used ANCOVA analysis to compare the Treatment x Time with age and socioeconomic status as covariates. The findings revealed a higher improvement in some WM and self-regulation tests among children in the experimental group compared to those in the control group. However, no significant transfer effects were observed in analogical thinking.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The findings confirm the effectiveness of a non-computerized WMT among kindergartners and support our four-pronged theoretical model. We also discuss earlier findings on far-transfer effects and educational implications. We suggest that future WM studies adopt the following: (1) the development of training methods that are theoretically anchored; (2) training procedures should not rely heavily on computerized exercises but can be adapted to group characteristics, educational settings and cost-effectiveness aspects; (3) varying the task characteristics and training strategies to stimulate task-intrinsic motivation; (4) identifying training strategies to produce cognitive improvements underlying WM; (5) intervention should target individuals in early development as much as possible; (6) development of training procedures that facilitate motivation; and (7) providing empirical evidence of far-transfer effects for WM training. The empirical evidence should link gains in WM capacity and achievements in academic and other life domains.</p>","PeriodicalId":51367,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Educational Psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141898872","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Elina A Stefanovics, Marc N Potenza, Jack Tsai, Robert H Pietrzak
{"title":"Gambling and Substance Use Disorders in U.S. Military Veterans: Prevalence, Clinical Characteristics, and Suicide Risk.","authors":"Elina A Stefanovics, Marc N Potenza, Jack Tsai, Robert H Pietrzak","doi":"10.1007/s10899-024-10359-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10899-024-10359-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Gambling and substance use disorders (SUDs) are prevalent among U.S. military veterans and often co-occur. However, little is known about the clinical and behavioral correlates and suicidal risk of SUDs and gambling among veterans that can help inform targeted interventions for their co-occurrence. In the current study, we analyzed data from a nationally representative sample of 4069 veterans who participated in the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study. Self-reported measures of lifetime SUDs and past-year gambling (Brief Problem Gambling Screen) were administered. A multinomial logistic regression analysis was conducted to examine differences between four groups: non-SUD/non-gambling, 40.3%; SUD-only 27.3%; Gambling-only 16.3%; and SUD + Gambling, 16.1%. The Gambling-only, SUD-only, and SUD + Gambling groups reported more adverse childhood experiences relative to the non-SUD/non-gambling group. The SUD-only and SUD + Gambling groups had higher odds for all lifetime and current clinical and trauma variables relative to the non-SUD/non-gambling group. The SUD + Gambling group had higher odds of suicidality, non-suicidal self-injury, nicotine dependence and mental health treatment relative to the SUD-only group and all assessed clinical measures relative to the Gambling-only group. Results suggest that SUDs and gambling are associated with substantial trauma and mental health burden among U.S. veterans, with co-occurring SUDs and gambling linked particularly to suicidality/self-harm and mental health treatment. The findings underscore the importance of multicomponent assessments and interventions targeting SUDs, gambling, and related concerns, such as trauma-related mental health difficulties, in this population.</p>","PeriodicalId":48155,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Gambling Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142337131","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Long-term Memory of Sensory Experiences from the First Pregnancy, its Peri-partum and Post-partum in Women with Autism Spectrum Disorders without Intellectual Disabilities: A Retrospective Study.","authors":"Benedetta Demartini, Veronica Nisticò, Serena Limonta, Vincenza Tarantino, Giulia Stefanelli, Federica Calistro, Laura Giambanco, Raffaella Faggioli, Orsola Gambini, Patrizia Turriziani","doi":"10.1007/s10803-023-06189-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10803-023-06189-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To explore the recalled experience of pregnancy and motherhood in women diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) without intellectual disabilities, focusing on sensory perceptions and mood.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We retrospectively evaluated, through an ad-hoc structured interview, the sensory sensitivity during the pre-partum, the peri-partum, and the post-partum of thirty-three mothers with ASD and thirty-two neurotypical mothers. Participants also underwent a psychometric assessment about autistic traits, general sensory sensitivity, and post-partum depressive symptomatology.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Mothers with ASD recalled a higher sensitivity than the comparison group across the three time-points; however, during the peri-partum their recalled hypersensitivity decreases, and in the post-partum it returned as high as before childbirth. The difference in the length of recall between groups did not statistically influence our results. Higher levels of autistic traits correlated with higher depressive post-partum symptomatology.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Mothers with ASD seem to recall their experience of pregnancy, childbirth, and post-partum period differently from neurotypical mothers, particularly in terms of hypersensitivity. The correlation with depressive symptoms and the potential role of oxytocin and of long-term memory (encoding and recollection) are discussed. Further exploring these aspects might give fundamental hints to provide tailored support to mothers with ASD during pregnancy and motherhood.</p>","PeriodicalId":15148,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11549119/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"107591356","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xiaoxue Fu, John M Franchak, Leigha A MacNeill, Kelley E Gunther, Jeremy I Borjon, Julia Yurkovic-Harding, Samuel Harding, Jessica Bradshaw, Koraly E Pérez-Edgar
{"title":"Implementing mobile eye tracking in psychological research: A practical guide.","authors":"Xiaoxue Fu, John M Franchak, Leigha A MacNeill, Kelley E Gunther, Jeremy I Borjon, Julia Yurkovic-Harding, Samuel Harding, Jessica Bradshaw, Koraly E Pérez-Edgar","doi":"10.3758/s13428-024-02473-6","DOIUrl":"10.3758/s13428-024-02473-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Eye tracking provides direct, temporally and spatially sensitive measures of eye gaze. It can capture visual attention patterns from infancy through adulthood. However, commonly used screen-based eye tracking (SET) paradigms are limited in their depiction of how individuals process information as they interact with the environment in \"real life\". Mobile eye tracking (MET) records participant-perspective gaze in the context of active behavior. Recent technological developments in MET hardware enable researchers to capture egocentric vision as early as infancy and across the lifespan. However, challenges remain in MET data collection, processing, and analysis. The present paper aims to provide an introduction and practical guide to starting researchers in the field to facilitate the use of MET in psychological research with a wide range of age groups. First, we provide a general introduction to MET. Next, we briefly review MET studies in adults and children that provide new insights into attention and its roles in cognitive and socioemotional functioning. We then discuss technical issues relating to MET data collection and provide guidelines for data quality inspection, gaze annotations, data visualization, and statistical analyses. Lastly, we conclude by discussing the future directions of MET implementation. Open-source programs for MET data quality inspection, data visualization, and analysis are shared publicly.</p>","PeriodicalId":8717,"journal":{"name":"Behavior Research Methods","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11525247/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141987378","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sümeyra Mihrap İlter, Özlem Ovayolu, Sibel Serçe, Nimet Ovayolu
{"title":"An Investigation of the Relationship Between Compassion Fatigue and Moral Sensitivity of Intensive Care Nurses.","authors":"Sümeyra Mihrap İlter, Özlem Ovayolu, Sibel Serçe, Nimet Ovayolu","doi":"10.1177/00302228221107976","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00302228221107976","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Objective:</b> The study aimed to examine the relationship between compassion fatigue and moral sensitivity of intensive care nurses. <b>Method:</b> Permission was obtained from the ethics committee, institution, and nurses prior to the study. The population of the study consisted of all nurses working in a university hospital, and the sample consisted of 144 intensive care nurses who agreed to participate in the study. The data were collected through the Questionnaire, the Compassion Fatigue Scale, and the Moral Sensitivity Scale. The total score of the compassion fatigue scale ranges between 24 and 120, and a high score indicates a \"high level of compassion\". The total score of the moral sensitivity scale, on the other hand, varies between 30-210, and as the score increases, moral sensitivity decreases. The obtained data were evaluated with Student t, One-Way Anova, Kruskal Wallis, Mann Whitney U, and correlation analysis. <b>Results:</b> It was found that 55.6% of the nurses had a bachelor's degree, 44.4% had been working in the intensive care unit for 4-6 years, 39.6% had professional ethical dilemmas, and 44.6% of those who had ethical dilemmas could not solve this problem. Compassion fatigue and moral sensitivity scale mean scores were found to be 83.3 ± 6.7 and 125.4 ± 7.2, respectively, and there was a positive correlation between compassion fatigue and moral sensitivity mean scores (<i>p</i> < 0.05). <b>Conclusion:</b> The mean score of the compassion fatigue and moral sensitivity scale of intensive care nurses was at a \"moderate\" level, and there was a positive correlation between the nurses' moral sensitivity scale and compassion fatigue scale scores. In line with these results, it can be suggested that the compassion fatigue and moral sensitivities of nurses especially those working in intensive care be evaluated in terms of resolving the ethical dilemmas they may experience in patient care, and these nurses be supported on these matters.</p>","PeriodicalId":47794,"journal":{"name":"Omega-Journal of Death and Dying","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42218561","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Christel Bidet-Ildei, Olfa BenAhmed, Diaddin Bouidaine, Victor Francisco, Arnaud Decatoire, Yannick Blandin, Jean Pylouster, Christine Fernandez-Maloigne
{"title":"SmartDetector: Automatic and vision-based approach to point-light display generation for human action perception.","authors":"Christel Bidet-Ildei, Olfa BenAhmed, Diaddin Bouidaine, Victor Francisco, Arnaud Decatoire, Yannick Blandin, Jean Pylouster, Christine Fernandez-Maloigne","doi":"10.3758/s13428-024-02478-1","DOIUrl":"10.3758/s13428-024-02478-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Over the past four decades, point-light displays (PLD) have been integrated into psychology and psychophysics, providing a valuable means to probe human perceptual skills. Leveraging the inherent kinematic information and controllable display parameters, researchers have utilized this technique to examine the mechanisms involved in learning and rehabilitation. However, classical PLD generation methods (e.g., motion capture) are difficult to apply for behavior analysis in real-world situations, such as patient care or sports activities. Therefore, there is a demand for automated and affordable tools that enable efficient and real-world-compatible generation of PLDs for psychological research. In this paper, we propose SmartDetector, a new artificial intelligence (AI)-based tool for automatic PLD creation from RGB videos. To evaluate humans' perceptual skills for processing PLD building with SmartDetector, 126 participants were randomly assigned to recognition, discrimination, or detection tasks. Results demonstrated that, irrespective of the task, PLDs generated by SmartDetector exhibited commendable perceptual performance in terms of accuracy and response times compared to literature findings. Moreover, to enhance usability and broaden accessibility, we developed an intuitive web interface for our method, making it available to a wider audience. The resulting application is available at https://plavimop.prd.fr/index.php/en/automatic-creation-pld . SmartDetector offers interesting possibilities for using PLD in research and makes the use of PLD more accessible for nonacademic applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":8717,"journal":{"name":"Behavior Research Methods","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141974971","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mindfulness-based therapy for insomnia in Black women: a pilot randomized controlled trial.","authors":"Soohyun Nam, Sangchoon Jeon, Monica Ordway, Carolyn Mazure, Rajita Sinha, Lauren Yau, Joanne Iennaco","doi":"10.1007/s10865-024-00521-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10865-024-00521-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The purpose of the study was to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of mindfulness-based therapy for insomnia (MBT-I) among Black women. The MBT-I group received weekly sessions that included mindfulness meditation and behavioral sleep strategies. The time and attention control group received lifestyle health education (HE) that included healthy eating, physical activity, and sleep hygiene. The primary outcome was post-intervention changes in insomnia severity score by the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) at week 10. Other measures included: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, Sleep Hygiene Practice, Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), and Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9). Objective sleep was measured by Actiwatch™ at baseline and week 10. Thirty Black women completed the interventions with no attrition. About 97% of all participants attended 6-8 out of 8 sessions. The ISI scores were reduced at week 10 (MBT-I vs. HE: -7.67 vs. -7.22, p < .05). Anxiety and depression symptoms were significantly improved only in the MBT-I group. This is the first MBT-I for Black women with insomnia. Online MBT-I may be feasible and acceptable for Black women. The MBT-I and HE showed a clinically significant improvement in insomnia symptoms (ISI reduction > 7). MBT-I may be more effective in improving anxiety and depression symptoms than HE. Our findings encourage further study efforts with a longer follow-up and larger sample size to address sleep health disparities among Black women.</p>","PeriodicalId":48329,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Behavioral Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142298895","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abigail G O'Brien, Jeremy L Foust, Jennifer M Taber
{"title":"Physical health mindsets and information avoidance.","authors":"Abigail G O'Brien, Jeremy L Foust, Jennifer M Taber","doi":"10.1007/s10865-024-00514-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10865-024-00514-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Health mindsets refer to beliefs about the malleability (growth mindset) versus stability (fixed mindset) of physical health and have gained traction as a predictor of health beliefs and behaviors. Across two studies, we tested whether health mindsets were associated with avoiding personalized health risk information. In Study 2, we also tested whether conceptually-related constructs of internal and chance health locus of control, health self-efficacy, fatalism, and genetic determinism were associated with information avoidance. Health mindsets were manipulated in Study 1 (college students, n = 284; 79.58% female; M<sub>age </sub>= 19.74) and measured in Study 2 (participants recruited through MTurk, n = 735; 42.04% female; M<sub>age </sub>= 35.78). In both studies, participants viewed a prediabetes infographic and were informed they could learn their prediabetes risk by completing an online risk calculator. Behavioral obligation was also manipulated in both studies to test whether an additional behavioral requirement associated with learning one's risk would exacerbate any negative impact of health mindsets on avoidance rates. All participants then indicated their interest in learning their prediabetes risk (avoidance intentions) and decided whether to complete the online risk calculator (avoidance behavior). In Study 1, there was no impact of health mindsets, behavioral obligation, or their interaction on avoidance intentions or behavior. Study 2 similarly did not provide consistent evidence for an association of health mindsets, behavioral obligation, or their interaction with avoidance intentions or behavior. However, in Study 2, internal health locus of control was consistently associated with both intentions and behavior. Health information avoidance may be a barrier to prevention and early detection of disease. To encourage individuals to learn potentially important health information, public health interventions might seek to increase people's beliefs that their own actions play a role in their health outcomes. Interventions may also seek to increase people's knowledge about and skills regarding improving their health outcomes, which may influence health locus of control beliefs.</p>","PeriodicalId":48329,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Behavioral Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11499518/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142298896","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}