Risk information avoidance (RIA) has become an increasingly ubiquitous behavior for people to deal with massive volumes of information. Given its detrimental impact, abundant studies were conducted to explore its antecedents. Nevertheless, the results are scattered and, in some cases, inconsistent. We thereby conducted a meta-analysis to present a synthesis of the current findings by identifying the most relevant antecedents and moderators. Guided by the framework of Planned Risk Information Avoidance, we examined 11 antecedents along cognitive, emotional, and sociocultural dimensions. Based on 52 articles across various contexts, the results indicated that information overload ( r = .30), efficacy belief ( r = −.11), fatalism ( r = .18), information insufficiency ( r = −.09), anxiety ( r = .26), worry ( r = −.08) and information avoiding norms ( r = .50) were significant predictors of RIA. Furthermore, uncertainty avoidance and information type were identified as moderators.

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理清认知、情感和社会文化因素对风险信息规避的影响：荟萃分析

风险信息规避（RIA）已经成为人们处理海量信息时越来越普遍的行为。鉴于其有害影响，人们进行了大量研究来探索其前因。然而，结果是分散的，并且在某些情况下不一致。因此，我们进行了荟萃分析，通过确定最相关的前因和调节因素来综合当前的发现。在计划性风险信息规避框架的指导下，我们从认知、情感和社会文化维度检查了 11 个前因。基于不同背景下的 52 篇文章，结果表明信息超载 (r = .30)、功效信念 (r = -.11)、宿命论 (r = .18)、信息不足 (r = -.09)、焦虑( r = .26)、担忧 ( r = −.08) 和信息回避规范 ( r = .50) 是 RIA 的重要预测因素。此外，不确定性规避和信息类型被确定为调节因素。