From Fear to Flow: Personality and Information Interaction (Chandos Information Professional Series)

From Fear to Flow explores how personality traits may influence attitude, behaviour and reaction to information. Consideration is made for individual differences in information behaviour and reasons behind individual search differences. The book reviews personality and information behaviour and discusses how personality may influence the attitude towards information. Reaction to information is examined in contexts such as everyday life, decision-making, work, studies and human-computer interaction. Introduces a little researched area which is current and needed in our Information Age Explores how personality traits may influence attitude, behaviour and reaction to information Provides an overview of the psychological aspects and individual differences in information seeking behaviour and examines reasons behind individual search differences other than personality This book explores how personality traits may influence attitude, behaviour, and reaction to information. In threatening health situations, for instance, calm people with high self-reliance often react by actively seeking out diagnostic information and treatment alternatives, while more anxious persons may become stagnated and depressed and deliberately avoid information. Persistence and conscientiousness often leads to a problem-solving approach to information seeking: structured and organized with a focus on the outcome. Openness to experience again is often related to enjoyment of information exploration, sometimes to the point of experiencing flow, total immersion in the experience. This book will cover personality related information reactions in contexts such as everyday life, decision-making, work, studies and human-computer interaction. This book introduces a little researched area which is current and needed in our Information Age. It combines knowledge from psychology and information studies Content: Front matter , Pages i-iii Copyright , Page iv List of figures and tables , Pages ix-x About the author , Page xi List of acronyms , Page xiii 1 - Introduction , Pages 1-5 2 - Personality , Pages 7-13 3 - Openness to experience – the exploration dimension , Pages 15-37 4 - Conscientiousness – the persistence dimension , Pages 39-54 5 - Extroversion – the social dimension , Pages 55-67 6 - Agreeableness – the trust dimension , Pages 69-74 7 - Negative affectivity – the emotional dimension , Pages 75-103 8 - Need for cognition , Pages 105-107 9 - Positive emotionality , Pages 109-121 10 - Self-efficacy and self-confidence , Pages 123-132 11 - Locus of control , Pages 133-138 12 - Monitoring and blunting , Pages 139-151 13 - Uncertainty orientation , Pages 153-158 14 - Broad scanning, fast surfing and deep diving , Pages 159-163 15 - Discussion , Pages 165-178 References , Pages 179-221 Index , Pages 223-225 1. Introduction -- 2. Personality -- 3. Openness To Experience-the Exploration Dimension -- 4. Conscientiousness-the Persistence Dimension -- 5. Extroversion-the Social Dimension -- 6. Agreeableness-the Trust Dimension -- 7. Negative Affectivity-the Emotional Dimension -- 8. Need For Cognition -- 9. Positive Emotionality -- 10. Self-efficacy And Self-confidence -- 11. Locus Of Control -- 12. Monitoring And Blunting -- 13. Uncertainty Orientation -- 14. Broad Scanning, Fast Surfing And Deep Diving -- 15. Discussion Jannica Heinström. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.