Information Avoidance in Consumer Choice: Do Avoidance Tendencies and Motives Vary by Age?

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, N =195) and a forced-choice task (Study 2, N = 500). In Study 1, age differences in information avoidance were not significant, but methodological limitations could have obscured age effects. In Study 2, age was associated with higher information avoidance. Avoidance was higher among partici

SUBMITTER: Deng SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9485290 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar-Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature