A blunting information seeking style indicates cognitive avoidance; a person with this style tends to seek cognitive distraction from the threatening event and psychologically blunts threat-relevant information [ 31].
However, there was no significant relationship between the blunting (information avoidance preference) subscale score and the number of clicks for supplemental information (r = 0.117, p = 0.489) in the P-DA group (n = 37).
A post-hoc correlation analysis was performed, examining the relationship between respective baseline monitoring and blunting information preference style subscale measurements (using the Miller Scaleor-Blunter Style Scand) andecisionalal conflict, as per recommendation of a reviewer.
Candid information can be provided in such a way that it is not blunt or callous, allowing for clear understanding while maintaining compassion in the delivery.
Patients who blunt will avoid information, and those who monitor are very alert and are keen to receive information.
Certainly, you don't want to stifle or blunt emotion – emotion is information".
The end result has been to greatly blunt the Freedom of Information Act's mandate to let the public in on the business of government, plain and simple.
Last week, the issue crystallized publicly when the inspectors issued an uncharacteristically blunt demand for more information from Tehran and, even more uncharacteristically, disclosed the existence of 18 secretly-obtained documents that suggest Tehran had high interest in designing a nuclear weapon before the program was suspended.
Attorney General Eric Holder's assignment on June 8 of two U.S. attorneys to investigate "possible unauthorized disclosures of classified information" might blunt demands within Congress to enact new legislation to combat classified leaks by government officials.
Previous studies on the response to chemotherapy in breast cancer either focused on single chemotherapy regimen or single class of anticancer drugs [ 7- 9], or the combined treatment of chemotherapy and hormonal therapy [ 10, 11], which may provide limited information or blunt the effectiveness of chemotherapy alone.
