He is impulsive, inexperienced, prone to running off at the mouth, unwilling to be briefed, and apt to perceive advice as a personal attack.
Unmotivated people (PC) agreed less with the advice and perceived the advice as less informative, which may suggest that respondents in PC may need additional information targeting, for instance, awareness of their unhealthy behavior and their personal risks.
The motivated group (CP) scored, for example, somewhat higher on the two items "The advice was relevant for me" and "The information in my advice was interesting," which may indicate that these people perceived the advice as more relevant and more interesting than did individuals in precontemplation.
Little wonder – Trump lashes out against critics or criticism, real or perceived; scorns advice which contravenes his instincts; pits advisors against each other; and treats staff who displease him like termites.
About two-thirds found it motivating and about half of the sample perceived the advice as personally written for them.
One GP perceived the advice on psycho-education as being only a little supportive, because most patients were not self-sufficient individuals.
In some cases, the public distrusts the motivations of scientists when they give advice to authorities, perceiving that advice will adversely affect their interests.
When providing health promotion advice, overweight and obese nurses have to deal with the fact their patients may perceive their advice as insincere [ 27].
In one case, we have organized a workshop to explore how a group of major stakeholders, city administration representatives, perceive scientific advice in health and environment.
Other research shows that when caregivers have communication skills, their ability to empathize and find individual solutions increases, which reduces the risk that mothers perceive the advice as contradictory [ 45– 45].
