Information seeking during “bad news” oncology interactions: Question asking by patients and their companions

2006 ◽  
Vol 63 (11) ◽  
pp. 2974-2985 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Eggly ◽  
Louis A. Penner ◽  
Meredith Greene ◽  
Felicity W.K. Harper ◽  
John C. Ruckdeschel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information Seeking ◽  
Bad News ◽  
Question Asking

A methodological pilot for gathering data through text-messaging to study question-asking in everyday life

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darren Gergle ◽  
Eszter Hargittai
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Text Messaging ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
The United States ◽  
Diverse Group ◽  
Question Asking ◽  
Gathering Data

How do people find answers to questions they encounter in everyday life? While extensive research has examined how people go about finding answers to questions online, there has been little work investigating the issue from a more holistic, in situ perspective that covers the various devices, resources, and contextual factors that influence everyday question-asking experiences. To address this, we developed a text-messaging-based data-collection framework. This paper details our approach including reflections on both the benefits and challenges of the methodology for researchers seeking to apply similar approaches to social science research. In doing so, we demonstrate how our methodology helps establish a contextually rich understanding of information-seeking processes. We also demonstrate our approach to analyzing data from a small but diverse group of adults across the United States about their everyday question-asking experiences.

scholarly journals Curiosity or savouring? Information seeking is modulated by both uncertainty and valence

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (9) ◽  
pp. e0257011
Author(s):  
Lieke L. F. van Lieshout ◽  
Iris J. Traast ◽  
Floris P. de Lange ◽  
Roshan Cools
Keyword(s):  
Information Seeking ◽  
Expected Value ◽  
Bad News ◽  
Positive Information ◽  
Everyday Lives ◽  
Outcome Valence ◽  
Uncertain Outcomes ◽  
Gains And Losses

Curiosity is pervasive in our everyday lives, but we know little about the factors that contribute to this drive. In the current study, we assessed whether curiosity about uncertain outcomes is modulated by the valence of the information, i.e. whether the information is good or bad news. Using a lottery task in which outcome uncertainty, expected value and outcome valence (gain versus loss) were manipulated independently, we found that curiosity is overall higher for gains compared with losses and that curiosity increased with increasing outcome uncertainty for both gains and losses. These effects of uncertainty and valence did not interact, indicating that the motivation to reduce uncertainty and the motivation to maximize positive information represent separate, independent drives.

scholarly journals Curiosity or savouring? Information seeking is modulated by both uncertainty and valence.

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lieke van Lieshout ◽  
Iris Traast ◽  
Floris de Lange ◽  
Roshan Cools
Keyword(s):  
Information Seeking ◽  
Negative Information ◽  
Expected Value ◽  
Bad News ◽  
Positive Information ◽  
World Model ◽  
Outcome Valence ◽  
Underlying Mechanisms ◽  
Uncertain Outcomes ◽  
Gains And Losses

Curiosity is pervasive in our everyday lives, but little is known about its underlying mechanisms. In the current study, we assessed whether curiosity about uncertain outcomes is modulated by the valence of the information, i.e. whether the information is good or bad news. Using a lottery task in which outcome uncertainty, expected value and outcome valence (gain versus loss) were manipulated independently, we found that curiosity is overall higher for gains compared with losses. Surprisingly, curiosity increased with increasing outcome uncertainty for both gains and losses, contradicting models that posit that humans seek positive and avoid negative information. Curiosity thus follows from multiple drives, including a drive to improve our world model, as well as, separately, a drive to maximize positive information.

scholarly journals From Curiosity, to Wonder, to Creativity: a Cognitive Developmental Psychology Perspective

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina Bazhydai ◽  
Gert Westermann
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Developmental Psychology ◽  
Affective Response ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Question Asking ◽  
Psychology Perspective ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
Active Exploration

In the present chapter, we review the state of the cognitive developmental research on the topics of curiosity, wonder and creativity, with a special focus on successful methodological approaches, as well as challenges for the experimental study of their cognitive underpinnings. The chapter comprises four main sections: 1) Curiosity, where we focus on children’s active exploration, information seeking, and question asking; 2) Wonder, where we emphasize affective response, reflection, and pursuit of further knowledge; 3) Creativity, where we discuss capacities such as generating ideas, original transformations, and novel combinations; and 4) Relationship between curiosity, wonder and creativity, where we propose that these links are complex and dynamic; concluding with suggestions for future research to understand their interrelations as they unfold developmentally.

scholarly journals Breaking Bad News in Ethnic Settings: Perspectives of Patients and Families in Northern Sri Lanka

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 250-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chrishanthi Rajasooriyar ◽  
Jenny Kelly ◽  
Thanikai Sivakumar ◽  
Gowcikan Navanesan ◽  
Shahini Nadarasa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Cancer Diagnosis ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Bad News ◽  
Breaking Bad News ◽  
Breaking Bad ◽  
Diagnosis And Prognosis ◽  
Disclosure Of Diagnosis

Purpose The discussion of a cancer diagnosis and prognosis often is difficult. This study explored the expectations of Tamil-speaking patients with cancer and their families with respect to receiving their cancer diagnosis in northern Sri Lanka. Methods This exploratory, descriptive, qualitative study used semistructured interviews. Results Thematic analysis identified two major themes: communication and information seeking. The findings illustrate a discrepancy between patient preference for direct disclosure of the diagnosis and that of families. Ninety-five percent of patients wanted medical staff to disclose their cancer diagnosis, whereas only 45% of family members believed that the diagnosis should be disclosed to the patient rather than to the family. Conclusion Although patients and their family members’ views and expectations of the disclosure of diagnosis and prognosis differ, a majority of patients want to be told directly about their diagnosis rather than to learn of it from a relative. The findings are similar to the literature on other ethnic groups from Sri Lanka and studies from English-speaking developed countries. Therefore, the main questions are how to educate families and physicians about the benefits of open disclosure to patients and how to change culture. Results of this study along with a previous study call for the development of strategies and guidelines to improve societal views, educate patients and families, and train health professionals in the area of breaking bad news and discussing prognosis in the Sri Lankan setting.

scholarly journals From Curiosity, to Wonder, to Creativity: a Cognitive Developmental Psychology Perspective

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina Bazhydai ◽  
Gert Westermann
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Developmental Psychology ◽  
Affective Response ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Question Asking ◽  
Psychology Perspective ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
Active Exploration

In the present chapter, we review the state of the cognitive developmental research on the topics of curiosity, wonder and creativity, with a special focus on successful methodological approaches, as well as challenges for the experimental study of their cognitive underpinnings. The chapter comprises four main sections: 1) Curiosity, where we focus on children’s active exploration, information seeking, and question asking; 2) Wonder, where we emphasize affective response, reflection, and pursuit of further knowledge; 3) Creativity, where we discuss capacities such as generating ideas, original transformations, and novel combinations; and 4) Relationship between curiosity, wonder and creativity, where we propose that these links are complex and dynamic; concluding with suggestions for future research to understand their interrelations as they unfold developmentally.

Foraging extends beyond food: Hoarding of mental energy and information seeking in response to uncertainty

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica L. Alquist ◽  
Roy F. Baumeister
Keyword(s):  
Information Seeking ◽  
Potential Outcomes ◽  
Food Hoarding

AbstractWhen an environment is uncertain, humans and other animals benefit from preparing for and attempting to predict potential outcomes. People respond to uncertainty both by conserving mental energy on tasks unrelated to the source of the uncertainty and by increasing their attentiveness to information related to the uncertainty. This mental hoarding and foraging allow people to prepare in uncertain situations.

Barriers to breaking bad news among medical and surgical residents

2001 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 197-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonia Dosanjh ◽  
Judy Barnes ◽  
Mohit Bhandari
Keyword(s):  
Bad News ◽  
Breaking Bad News ◽  
Breaking Bad ◽  
Surgical Residents
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