Information Seeking and Grief in Bereaved Emerging Adults: A Test of the Theory of Motivated Information Management

Sexual Minorities’ Uncertainty About Their Romantic Partner’s Communication With Their Family: Applying the Theory of Motivated Information Management

“…If a SM perceives that their information search will end with a more favorable result, they will be more likely to view themselves and their partner as having the necessary communication and coping skills to resolve the issue at hand. Previous tests of the TMIM have supported this relationship across different contexts and types of interpersonal relationships (Droser, 2020; Kuang & Wilson, 2021; Lancaster et al, 2016; Rafferty et al, 2015; Rauscher & Hesse, 2014; Tian et al, 2016). Hence, we advanced a third hypothesis:…”

“…For instance, Tian et al (2016) found that positive outcome expectancies positively predicted emerging adults' information seeking from their parents after an adverse life event. However, other studies have found that this association is nonsignificant when studying uncertainty regarding end-of-life care and grief due to losing a family member (Droser, 2020;Rafferty et al, 2015). Kuang and Wilson's (2021) meta-analysis also indicated that this relationship is nonsignificant when only accounting for direct information seeking as an information management strategy.…”

“…The retrospective accounts of these women indicated the negative emotions that emerge when determining how to respond to the uncertainty of knowing whether one's partner has disclosed their sexual identity and relational status to their partner's family. Given empirical research to indicate that uncertainty discrepancies positively predict negative emotions in a variety of contexts (Droser, 2020;Fowler & Afifi, 2011;Lancaster et al, 2016;Rafferty et al, 2015;Tian et al, 2016), we advanced our first hypothesis: H 1 : Sexual minorities' uncertainty discrepancy regarding information their partner has shared about their relationship to their family-of-origin positively predicts their negative emotional responses to the discrepancy.…”

Information science and the inevitable: A literature review at the intersection of death and information management: An Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST) paper

“…Information behavior types and information practices were analyzed in the context of different age populations (Droser, 2020;Graham et al, 2020;Schoenebeck & Conway, 2020), individuals who lost a family member (Droser, 2020), someone to suicide (Zimmerman, 2023) or diseases (Baker, 2004;Case, 2008), and death more generally (Ochôa & Pinto, 2019). While studies referring to death because of diseases include different information behavior types, such as information seeking, information use, information ignoring, information literacy and information collection (Baker, 2004;Case, 2008;Fourie, 2012Fourie, , 2020Ochôa & Pinto, 2019;Zimmerman, 2023), those and most other relevant studies all emphasize information sharing.…”

“…because of a life‐threatening disease; Baker, 2004; Fourie, 2012, 2020; Sofka, 2020) as well as carers (Baker, 2004; Fourie, 2012, 2020). Further, the perspective of suicide survivors (individuals who lost someone to suicide; Zimmerman, 2023) and of those in grief for losing someone to death (Droser, 2020; Fourie, 2020) are existing. Regardless of one's role, when confronted with death or the passing of someone close, information is needed to make sense of the situation (Fourie, 2012; Zimmerman, 2023).…”