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Uncertainty Management: To Fear of Not to Fear?

Uncertainty Management: To Fear of Not to Fear? Psychological Inquiry, 20: 240–244, 2009 Copyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLC ISSN: 1047-840X print / 1532-7965 online DOI: 10.1080/10478400903333528 Richard M. Sorrentino, Yang Ye, and Andrew C. H. Szeto Department of Psychology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada My coauthors and I (RMS) have been very inter- Figure 1 illustrates the theory in terms of engage- ested in the research program put forward by Van den ment, disengagement, and the affective consequences Bos and his colleagues. I was one of the anonymous re- associated with this behavior. Briefly, UOs whose de- viewers for their manuscript for the Journal of Exper- sire to resolve uncertainty (U) is greater than their de- imental Social Psychology (Van den Bos, Poortvliet, sire to maintain certainty (C) are more likely to be Maas, Miedema, & Van den Ham, 2005), and enthusi- actively engaged in a situation where uncertainty is astically recommended it for publication. That article greater, that is, where the probability of uncertainty showed evidence suggesting that priming the salience (Pu) is greater than the probability of certainty (Pc). of uncertainty was just as powerful, if not more power- Conversely, COs (C> U) are more likely to be actively ful, than http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Psychological Inquiry Taylor & Francis

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Psychological Inquiry, 20: 240–244, 2009 Copyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLC ISSN: 1047-840X print / 1532-7965 online DOI: 10.1080/10478400903333528 Richard M. Sorrentino, Yang Ye, and Andrew C. H. Szeto Department of Psychology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada My coauthors and I (RMS) have been very inter- Figure 1 illustrates the theory in terms of engage- ested in the research program put forward by Van den ment, disengagement, and the affective consequences Bos and his colleagues. I was one of the anonymous re- associated with this behavior. Briefly, UOs whose de- viewers for their manuscript for the Journal of Exper- sire to resolve uncertainty (U) is greater than their de- imental Social Psychology (Van den Bos, Poortvliet, sire to maintain certainty (C) are more likely to be Maas, Miedema, & Van den Ham, 2005), and enthusi- actively engaged in a situation where uncertainty is astically recommended it for publication. That article greater, that is, where the probability of uncertainty showed evidence suggesting that priming the salience (Pu) is greater than the probability of certainty (Pc). of uncertainty was just as powerful, if not more power- Conversely, COs (C> U) are more likely to be actively ful, than

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