ArticleExperimental aging research
Information Avoidance in Consumer Choice: Do Avoidance Tendencies and Motives Vary by Age?
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- A systematic review and meta-analysis of the association between age and degrees of avoidant decision-making style.European journal of ageing · 2025Article
- Differences in the Temporal Extension of Self-Continuity Over the Course of the COVID-19 Pandemic.Self and identity : the journal of the International Society for Self and Identity · 2024Article
- Susceptibility to default effects does not differ by age.Journal of experimental psychology. General · 2023Article
- The effect of fear and situational motivation on online information avoidance: The case of COVID-19.International journal of information management · 2023Article
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Abstract
Prior research suggests that older adults seek less information in consumer choices than younger adults do. However, it remains unclear if intentional information avoidance plays a role in such effects. To test this possibility, we examined age differences in deliberate information avoidance in consumer decisions and explored a range of potential motives. Adult lifespan samples completed two pre-registered online studies, which assessed information avoidance using a slider scale (Study 1,
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