Table 4.

ANOVA results for main effects of uncertainty framed in the news on motivating individuals’ information-seeking and information-avoiding behaviors.

Effect			Information seeking		Information avoidance
Threat
	Certainty, mean (SD)	5.31 (0.10)		2.89 (0.13)
	Uncertainty, mean (SD)	5.60 (0.10)		2.62 (0.13)
	F (df=1, 367)	4.47		2.26
	P value	.04		.13
Solution
	Certainty, mean (SD)	5.40 (0.10)		2.60 (0.13)
	Uncertainty, mean (SD)	5.51 (0.10)		2.91 (0.12)
	F (df=1, 367)	0.61		3.07
	P value	.43		.08