The study examined the psychological drivers of information-seeking behaviors during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak. Employing a two-wave (from April 16, 2020, to April 27, 2020) survey design (N = 381), the study confirmed that both risk perceptions and uncertainty were important antecedents to information seeking and that their effects were linked to emotional appraisals of the risk situation. Findings revealed nuanced relationships between these two constructs and emotional appraisals. Danger appraisal was positively associated with perceived susceptibility and susceptibility uncertainty but negatively related to severity uncertainty; hope appraisal depended on the interaction between uncertainty and risk perceptions. Implications of the study findings on risk and health communication were discussed.

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重新考虑风险认知和不确定性的元认知方法：了解 COVID-19 期间的信息搜索

该研究检查了 2019 年冠状病毒病 (COVID-19) 爆发期间信息寻求行为的心理驱动因素。该研究采用两波（2020 年 4 月 16 日至 2020 年 4 月 27 日）调查设计（N = 381），证实风险感知和不确定性都是信息寻求的重要前因，并且它们的影响与情绪评估有关的风险情况。调查结果揭示了这两种结构和情绪评估之间的细微关系。危险评估与感知易感性和易感性不确定性呈正相关，但与严重性不确定性呈负相关；希望评估取决于不确定性和风险认知之间的相互作用。讨论了研究结果对风险和健康交流的影响。