How Gender Stereotypes Impact Health Information Seeking Intention: Insights from an Implicit Association Test

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The social construction of gender has profound implications on how individuals different identities perceive health and formulate health-related decisions. An online survey experiment (N = 262) was conducted using implicit association test (IAT) to examine stereotypes two preventative behaviors—lung cancer screening family planning—and these interact with identity impact information-seeking intentions. Lung viewed be significantly more related men, while planning linked women. Female participants showed stronger stereotypical perceptions regarding the preventive behaviors than their male counterparts. While both female who believed in stereotype lung reported decreased intention seek relevant information, interacted participant influencing information planning. Theoretical practical are discussed.

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عنوان ژورنال: Cogent Social Sciences

سال: 2021

ISSN: ['2331-1886']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2021.1999614