Biomedical Science and Clinical Research(BSCR)

Independent Researcher, Perth, WA, Australia

Publications

• Conceptual Paper   
  Fear, Fatalism and Avoidance: An Affective-Appraisal Extension of Realist Context–Mechanism–Outcome Reasoning for Digital Dementia Risk-Reduction Education
  Author(s): Peter Carey*
  
  Dementia risk-reduction education is increasingly accessible online, but access to information does not necessarily translate into engagement or action. Dementia is widely feared, and for some people, information about their own risk may generate responses that discourage rather than encourage further engagement. This conceptual paper extends an existing realist framework for digital dementia education [1], which conceptualises emotion as a contextual moderator, by proposing emotional appraisal as a mechanism through which educational information may influence engagement and behavioural readiness. Synthesising the realist evaluation framework established by [2], with appraisal theory and existing literature on dementia anxiety, this paper proposes four evaluative appraisals: perceived threat, perceived controllability, fatalism, and stigma. These appraisals are proposed to shape three.. Read More»
  

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