Later, participants were asked how useful they thought the information would be, how they expected it would make them feel, and how often they thought about each subject matter in question. The researchers found that people choose to seek information based on these three factors: expected utility, emotional impact, and whether it was relevant to things they thought of often. This three-factor model best explained decisions to seek or avoid information compared to a range of other alternative models tested. Some participants repeated the experiments a couple of times, months apart. The researchers found that most people prioritise one of the three motives (feelings, usefulness, frequency of thought) over the others, and their specific tendency remained relatively stable across time and domains, suggesting that what drives each person to seek information is 'trait-like'. In two experiments, participants also filled out a questionnaire to gauge their general mental health.
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