The Effects of Need for Cognitive Closure on Epidemic Risk Perception

摘要

目的：为探究认知闭合需要对于疫情风险感知的作用及机制，采用问卷法向353名社会各界人士进行调查。结果表明：1) 认知闭合需要显著正向预测疫情风险感知；2) 新闻信息错失恐惧在认知闭合需要对疫情风险感知的影响中起中介作用；3) 新闻信息错失恐惧的中介作用受到媒体类型的调节，相比于传统媒体，新媒体的新闻信息错失恐惧中介作用更强。该研究结果进一步明确了认知闭合需要与风险感知的关系，丰富了风险感知个体化研究，为我国政府疫情治理提供了建议。 Objective: In order to explore the effects of need for cognitive closure on epidemic risk perception, this study investigated 353 people through questionnaires. The results showed that: 1) Need for cognitive closure positively predicted epidemic risk perception; 2) Fear of losing information played a mediating role between the need for cognitive closure and the perception of epidemic risk; 3) The mediating role of fear of losing information was moderated by media types, and the mediating role of new media was stronger than that of traditional media. The results further clarify the relationship between the need for cognitive closure and epidemic risk perception which enrich the research on individualized risk perception, and provide suggestions for the government’s epidemic management.