Structural empowerment, formal and informal power, and job performance quality: A moderated mediation analysis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed Munther Al‐Hammouri ◽  
Jehad Rababah ◽  
Wafa’a F. Ta’an
Keyword(s):  
Job Performance ◽  
Mediation Analysis ◽  
Moderated Mediation ◽  
Structural Empowerment ◽  
Performance Quality

Joking about cancer as an avoidance strategy among US adults

2017 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 420-428 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nick Carcioppolo ◽  
Kevin K John ◽  
Jakob D Jensen ◽  
Andy J King
Keyword(s):  
Colorectal Cancer ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Mediation Analysis ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Moderated Mediation ◽  
Fear Appeals ◽  
Fear Appeal ◽  
Biological Sex ◽  
Avoidance Strategies ◽  
Avoidance Strategy

Summary Findings from years of research on fear appeals suggest that individuals with low efficacy utilize avoidance strategies when they perceive a significant threat—a process called fear control. Some research suggests that joking could be an avoidance strategy. The current study identifies conditions in which people are more likely to joke about colorectal cancer and explores how this behavior may be associated with screening avoidance. Older adults (N = 209) recruited from eight different worksites completed a survey measuring fear appeal constructs and enactment of colorectal cancer-related joking. Results of a moderated mediation analysis suggest that men were more likely to joke about colorectal cancer than women, particularly if they perceived significant threat but had limited self-efficacy, signifying fear control. Results support prior fear appeal research, suggesting that an increase in joking behavior concerning colorectal cancer may be indicative of screening avoidance, and describe belief-based mechanisms that explain differences between biological sex and joking.

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