The Theory of Motivated Information Management

Afifi, Walid A.; Tikkanen, Stephanie A.

doi:10.4324/9781003195511-9

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“…In the TMIM (see W. A. Afifi & Morse, 2009) and other theories of uncertainty management (e.g., Brashers, 2001), individuals appraise uncertainty for its meaning and interpret it as a threat or as an opportunity. Perhaps a similar type of appraisal occurs for SMs as they evaluate how threatening their uncertainty discrepancy is to their romantic relationship.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…As W. A. Afifi and Tikkanen (2022) argued, the evaluation and decision phases of the TMIM are dyadic experiences where partners' outcome and efficacy assessments and information management decisions exert a degree of mutual influence. Thus, future researchers can more adequately test the TMIM for SMs in this context by employing longitudinal, dyadic research designs.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Beginning with an uncertainty discrepancy, or the difference between the uncertainty one has and the amount one wants (W. A. Afifi & Tikkanen, 2022; W. A. Afifi & Weiner, 2004), the TMIM explains how individuals employ a calculus of outcome expectancies, efficacy assessments, and information management strategies in response to the emotions that flow from an uncertainty discrepancy.…”

Section: Theoretical Perspectivementioning

confidence: 99%

“…When combined, the TMIM positions these efficacy judgments and outcome expectancies as predictors of the final phase of the information management process, the decision phase (W. A. Afifi & Tikkanen, 2022;W. A. Afifi & Weiner, 2004).…”

Section: Theoretical Perspectivementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Specifically, W. A. Afifi and Morse (2009) suggested that emotional responses, outcome expectancies, and efficacy assessments predict how individuals seek and avoid information. Although the TMIM proposes that negative emotions (including anxiety) may have direct and indirect associations with information management strategies via outcome expectancies and efficacy, the precise direction and strength of the associations may vary as a function of the topic and context under consideration.…”

Section: Theoretical Perspectivementioning

confidence: 99%

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

Schrodt,

Ledbetter,

Markham

2023

Communication Research

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Using the theory of motivated information management (TMIM), this study tested the degree to which sexual minorities’ uncertainty discrepancy about their partner’s communication about their relationship to their family of origin predicted their information management strategies and relational quality (i.e., closeness and satisfaction). Participants included 111 sexual minorities involved in a monogamous romantic relationship. Results supported the theoretic logic of the TMIM, as uncertainty discrepancy positively predicted negative emotions, which in turn negatively predicted SMs’ outcome expectancies and efficacy assessments but positively predicted direct and indirect information seeking. Indirect effects emerged for uncertainty discrepancy on direct information seeking and information avoidance, as well as for relational closeness and satisfaction, via the mechanisms specified by the TMIM. Importantly, this study reveals relational ambivalence that sexual minorities may experience as a result of managing their uncertainty about their partner’s relationship disclosures to their partner’s family-of-origin.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%