From Fear to Flow

Table of contents

1. Cover image
2. Title page
3. Table of Contents
4. Copyright
5. List of figures and tables
6. About the author
7. List of acronyms
8. Chapter 1: Introduction
   1. Making the most of strengths
   2. The whole is more than the sum of the parts
9. Chapter 2: Personality
   1. Trait theory
   2. Consistency
   3. Genetic base
   4. Five-factor model
10. Chapter 3: Openness to experience – the exploration dimension
    1. introduction
    2. Open information interaction
    3. Innovation and discovery
    4. Joy of learning
    5. Intuitive decision-making
    6. Incidental information acquisition
    7. Curiosity
    8. Tip-of-the-tongue experience
    9. Risk-taking
    10. Cautious information interaction
11. Chapter 4: Conscientiousness – the persistence dimension
    1. Introduction
    2. Conscientious information interaction
    3. Dedication and thoroughness
    4. Work achievement
    5. The goal in mind and heart
    6. Careful decision-making
    7. Laid-back information interaction
12. Chapter 5: Extroversion – the social dimension
    1. Introduction
    2. Interpersonal information interaction
    3. Flexibility and pragmatism
    4. Sensation seeking
    5. Reflective information interaction
13. Chapter 6: Agreeableness – the trust dimension
    1. Introduction
    2. Agreeable information interaction
    3. Competitive information interaction
14. Chapter 7: Negative affectivity – the emotional dimension
    1. Introduction
    2. Anxiety versus depression
    3. Anxious perception
    4. Anxious interpretation
    5. Frenetic information seeking
    6. Depression
    7. Aggression
    8. Pessimism
    9. Negative emotionality as a barrier
    10. Supporting the library anxious
    11. Avoidance in a work context
    12. Decision-making and relevance judgment
15. Chapter 8: Need for cognition
16. Chapter 9: Positive emotionality
    1. Introduction
    2. Mood
    3. Incidental information acquisition
    4. Motivation
    5. Happily prolonging uncertainty
    6. Flow
17. Chapter 10: Self-efficacy and self-confidence
    1. Introduction
    2. Self-assured information interaction
    3. Confident decision-making
    4. Efficiency in a work context
    5. Insecure information interaction
18. Chapter 11: Locus of control
    1. Introduction
    2. Responsible information interaction
    3. Helplessness
19. Chapter 12: Monitoring and blunting
    1. Introduction
    2. Intensive information seeking
    3. Dispositional coping
    4. Arousal
    5. Monitoring and trait anxiety
    6. Information avoidance
20. Chapter 13: Uncertainty orientation
    1. Introduction
    2. Uncertainty-oriented information interaction
    3. Certainty-oriented information interaction
    4. Uncertainty orientation and other traits
21. Chapter 14: Broad scanning, fast surfing and deep diving
22. Chapter 15: Discussion
    1. You have your own unique talents in information interaction – capitalize on them!
    2. Strengths in information interaction
    3. Openness to experience
    4. Conscientiousness
    5. Extroversion
    6. Agreeableness
    7. Negative affectivity
    8. The full picture
    9. Five dimensions
    10. Personality and information interaction 2.0 forward
23. References
24. Index