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Xue X, Ma H, Zhao YC, Zhu Q, Song S. Mitigating the influence of message features on health misinformation sharing intention in social media: Experimental evidence for accuracy-nudge intervention. Soc Sci Med 2024; 356:117136. [PMID: 39047519 DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2023] [Revised: 06/23/2024] [Accepted: 07/11/2024] [Indexed: 07/27/2024]
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RATIONALE The escalating dissemination of health misinformation on social media platforms poses a significant threat to users' well-being. It is imperative to identify the types of health misinformation that are more susceptible to widespread dissemination and to explore strategies to curb its spread. METHOD This study designed a 2 (emotional appeal type: positive vs. negative) × 2 (fabricated source type: pseudo-common vs. pseudo-authoritative) × 2 (accuracy-nudge label: No vs. Yes) online between-subjects experiment controlling for factors such as e-health literacy, prior sharing experience, and personal involvement. A snowball sampling approach was used to recruit 1952 participants through social media, resulting in a final sample of 1393 valid responses. RESULTS Compared to positive emotional appeal and pseudo-common sources, negative emotional appeal and pseudo-authoritative sources resulted in higher levels of sharing intention. Under the condition of negative emotional appeal, the promotion effect of pseudo-authoritative sources on sharing intention was intensified. The accuracy-nudge intervention could significantly mitigate this tendency. The underlying mechanisms revealed more details: both negative emotional appeals and pseudo-authoritative sources increased the perceived credibility of health misinformation, thereby increasing users' sharing intention. However, in contrast to pseudo-authoritative sources, excessive negative emotional appeal induced vigilant verification behavior among users, which reduced sharing to some extent. Adding an accuracy-nudge label to health misinformation reduced users' misguided trust in health misinformation features and stimulated information verification, ultimately reducing health misinformation sharing intention. CONCLUSIONS Negative emotional appeal and pseudo-authoritative sources can enhance the perceived credibility of health misinformation, thereby strengthening the sharing intention of social media users. Therefore, health misinformation with negative emotional appeal and pseudo-authoritative sources is more likely to be widely shared. The accuracy nudge intervention can trigger users' information verification behavior, suppress the persuasive effects of the misinformation features mentioned above, and help prevent the spread of health misinformation on social media.
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- Xiang Xue
- School of Elderly Care Services and Management, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, 210023, Nanjing, China.
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- School of Sociology and Population Studies, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, 210023, Nanjing, China.
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- School of Information Management, Nanjing University, 210023, Nanjing, China.
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- School of Information Management, Nanjing University, 210023, Nanjing, China.
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- Business School, Hohai University, 211100, Nanjing, China; School of Information Management, Wuhan University, 430072, Wuhan, China.
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Xia H, Liu Y, Hou G. Factors influencing college students' online rumor refuting behavior during major public health crises: the moderating effect of group norms. Front Psychol 2024; 15:1412034. [PMID: 38988398 PMCID: PMC11234518 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1412034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2024] [Accepted: 05/31/2024] [Indexed: 07/12/2024] Open
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This study integrates SOR (Stimuli-Organism-Response) theoretical framework and rational behavior theory within a theoretical framework, incorporating group norms as a moderating factor to investigate the psychological mechanisms influencing Chinese college students' online rumor-refutation behavior amidst public health crises. Using the structural equation modeling research method, data was collected via questionnaires from 1,254 participants in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings indicate that both online and offline information seeking are positively correlated with college students' attitudes and subjective norms. Moreover, the attitudes and subjective norms of college students are positively correlated with the online rumor refuting behavior. Furthermore, group norms serve to strengthen the connection between college students' attitudes and their engagement in online refuting rumors. These results illuminate the psychological underpinnings driving college students' online rumor-refuting actions, offering practical and policy implications for effectively managing rumor behaviors.
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- Hongmei Xia
- College of Public Administration and Law, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, China
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- College of Public Administration and Law, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, China
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- College of Law, Shantou University, Shantou, China
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Liu T, Song X, Zhu Q. Exploring the relationship between older adults' online health information seeking, negative emotions and prevention behaviors in the pandemic context: a two-wave longitudinal study. Front Public Health 2024; 12:1377017. [PMID: 38932787 PMCID: PMC11199787 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1377017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2024] [Accepted: 05/27/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024] Open
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Introduction During the COVID-19 pandemic, older adults were facing more mental health issues that may cause complex impacts on pandemic prevention, and turning to the internet for health information is a double-edged sword for them. This study aimed to investigate the reciprocal relationship between negative emotions and prevention behaviors in older adults, as well as the direct and moderating effects of online health information seeking (OHIS) on negative emotions and prevention behaviors. Methods Based on the common-sense model of self-regulation (CSM) and a sample of more than 20,000 participants from the Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), this study first used an autoregressive cross-lagged panel model (CLPM) to analyze the longitudinal effect of negative emotions on prevention behaviors. Second, the study used ordinary least squares (OLS) regression to explore the influence of OHIS usage frequency changes on negative emotions and prevention behaviors. Third, the study used multigroup analysis to examine the moderating effect of OHIS usage frequency changes on the CLPM. Results The findings indicate a significant longitudinal association where initial negative emotions predicted later prevention behaviors (β = 0.038, p < 0.001), and increased OHIS frequency was linked to positive changes in prevention behavior (β = 0.109, p < 0.001). Multigroup analysis revealed that the connection between negative emotions or increased negative emotions and prevention behaviors remained significant for those with no change or an increase in OHIS frequency but not for those with a decrease. Conclusion This study suggested that negative emotions may drive older adults to engage more in prevention behaviors and that OHIS can augment this effect. These results underscore the importance of addressing mental health and providing reliable online health information to support older adults in managing infectious disease risks.
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- Tianchang Liu
- School of Information Management, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- School of Management, Xuzhou Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- School of Information Management, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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Nan R, Chen J, Zhu W. Evolutionary game analysis of multiple subjects in the management of major public health emergencies. Heliyon 2024; 10:e29823. [PMID: 38698988 PMCID: PMC11064152 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e29823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2023] [Revised: 04/06/2024] [Accepted: 04/16/2024] [Indexed: 05/05/2024] Open
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The frequent occurrence of major public health emergencies (MPHEs) significantly challenges national security, economic stability, social operation and the safety of people's lives and property worldwide. Consequently, enhancing the emergency management of MPHEs is critically urgent. This paper constructs a game model involving local government, social organisations, and the public for MPHE management, exploring strategy combinations and influencing factors across various scenarios. Several results were obtained. (1) Local government, social organisations, and the public each have positive and negative strategy choices based on cost-benefit analysis, leading to eight different strategy combinations. Furthermore, all three take positive strategies as the optimal way to achieve the game equilibrium. (2) The transformation of strategy combinations is primarily influenced by the cost-benefit gap and the strategic decisions of local government. (3) Altering a subject's initial strategy value doesn't change its final choice but impacts the time to achieve a stable strategy equilibrium. The severity of local government punishments on social organisations influences their strategic choices and the time to optimal strategy, whereas rewards to the public or social organisations only affect the time to achieve this strategy. The findings of this study can not only help improve the collaborative governance system of MPHEs but also provide scientific guidance on how governments can manage MPHEs.
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- Rui Nan
- School of Law and Humanities, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing, 100083, China
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- School of Law and Humanities, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing, 100083, China
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- School of Law and Humanities, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing, 100083, China
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Link E, Baumann E, Leuppert R. Clarifying the Relationship Between Information Seeking and Avoidance: Longitudinal Analyses of Information Behaviors and Their Normative Influences. HEALTH COMMUNICATION 2024; 39:1038-1052. [PMID: 37072691 DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2023.2201736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Information seeking and avoidance are relevant behaviors to cope with health crises. While there are various assumptions about their relationship, past research has not yet analyzed their interplay. The present study aims to clarify the relationship between information seeking and avoidance in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic and shed light on whether both behaviors are impacted by seeking- and avoidance-related norms, which are known factors in individuals' health- and risk-related behaviors. Based on a four-wave panel study conducted among German residents (n = 492), we investigated information seeking and avoidance and their normative influences from a longitudinal perspective. Results of random intercept cross-lagged panel models suggest that information seeking and avoidance are distinct, not causally related but correlated concepts. This understanding is supported by the findings that seeking- and avoidance-related norms operate differently for seeking and avoidance. The results add to construct clarification and theory development, but more research is needed to understand the relations between information behaviors.
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- Elena Link
- Department of Communication, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
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- Department of Journalism and Communication Research, Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media
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- Department of Journalism and Communication Research, Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media
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Lai YK, Ye JF, Ran Q, Ao HS. Internet-based eHealth technology for emotional well-being among the older adults with a family cancer history: full mediation effects of health information self-efficacy and cancer fatalism. BMC Psychol 2024; 12:232. [PMID: 38664857 PMCID: PMC11046909 DOI: 10.1186/s40359-024-01701-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2023] [Accepted: 04/02/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Older adults with a family cancer history (FCH) face an increased cancer risk, which may adversely impact their emotional well-being. Internet-based eHealth technologies (IETs) provide a potential solution to this challenge. This study examines the influence of using IETs on the emotional well-being of older adults with FCH. It also delves into the mediating pathways through health information self-efficacy and cancer fatalism. METHODS This study conducted a mediation analysis using data from the Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS 6) collected from March 2022 to November 2022, focusing on older adults with FCH who had previously searched for cancer-related information (N = 1,280). RESULTS In the mediation model, no positive direct associations between IETs usage and emotional well-being were found. Only health information self-efficacy and cancer fatalism were found to mediate the relationship between IETs usage and emotional well-being serially (β = 0.007, 95% CI [0.003, 0.012]). CONCLUSIONS The findings inform health information professionals and healthcare practitioners on enhancing the impact of IETs usage on individual health information self-efficacy, which mitigates cancer fatalism, contributing to better emotional well-being in the digital era.
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- Yuyuan Kylie Lai
- Institute of Collaborative Innovation, University of Macau, Macao, China
- Department of Communication, University of Macau, Macao, China
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- China Petroleum Pipeline Engineering CO., LTD. International, Hebei, China
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- Department of Communication, University of Macau, Macao, China.
- University of Macau Avenida da Universidade, Room 1001, N21, Research Building, Taipa, Macao.
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Singh P. Beyond the basics: Exploring the impact of social media marketing enablers on business success. Heliyon 2024; 10:e26435. [PMID: 38434279 PMCID: PMC10904253 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e26435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2023] [Revised: 02/09/2024] [Accepted: 02/13/2024] [Indexed: 03/05/2024] Open
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In today's fast-paced world, social media marketing is crucial for businesses. However, many Saudi Arabian organizations need more skills and resources to use this strategy effectively. This article outlines organizations' top issues when adopting social media marketing and provides valuable insights into how to overcome them. After conducting an extensive literature review and consulting with experts from various sectors, 19 critical issues hindering social media marketing adoption in Saudi Arabian organizations were identified. The study employed the DEMATEL approach to analyze these issues and determine their impact level and cause-effect relationships. The study found that customer support, platform trust, secure data sharing, and perceived value significantly impact a business's social media marketing success. By addressing challenges like customer support, platform trust, and perceived value, businesses can enhance their social media marketing success and promote themselves globally by attracting and retaining customers through their social media presence. The insights gained from this research offer valuable guidance for Saudi Arabian organizations looking to refine their social media marketing strategies. To overcome the challenges hindering the adoption of social media marketing, businesses must address the "cause" and "effect" category issues. By adopting a formal and pragmatic approach, Saudi Arabian organizations can achieve sustainable growth and promote themselves to a global audience.
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- Prakash Singh
- E-Commerce Department, College of Administrative and Financial Sciences, Saudi Electronic University, Riyadh, 11673, Saudi Arabia
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Jia C, Li P. Generation Z's Health Information Avoidance Behavior: Insights From Focus Group Discussions. J Med Internet Res 2024; 26:e54107. [PMID: 38457223 PMCID: PMC10960220 DOI: 10.2196/54107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2023] [Revised: 02/02/2024] [Accepted: 02/03/2024] [Indexed: 03/09/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Younger generations actively use social media to access health information. However, research shows that they also avoid obtaining health information online at times when confronted with uncertainty. OBJECTIVE This study aims to examine the phenomenon of health information avoidance among Generation Z, a representative cohort of active web users in this era. METHODS Drawing on the planned risk information avoidance model, we adopted a qualitative approach to explore the factors related to information avoidance within the context of health and risk communication. The researchers recruited 38 participants aged 16 to 25 years for the focus group discussion sessions. RESULTS In this study, we sought to perform a deductive qualitative analysis of the focus group interview content with open, focused, and theoretical coding. Our findings support several key components of the planned risk information avoidance model while highlighting the underlying influence of cognition on emotions. Specifically, socioculturally, group identity and social norms among peers lead some to avoid health information. Cognitively, mixed levels of risk perception, conflicting values, information overload, and low credibility of information sources elicited their information avoidance behaviors. Affectively, negative emotions such as anxiety, frustration, and the desire to stay positive contributed to avoidance. CONCLUSIONS This study has implications for understanding young users' information avoidance behaviors in both academia and practice.
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- Chenjin Jia
- School of Communication, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Gelugor, Malaysia
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- School of Communication, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Gelugor, Malaysia
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Xu C, Lin N, Shen Z, Xie Z, Xu D, Fu J, Yan W. Bedtime procrastination related to loneliness among Chinese university students during post-pandemic period: a moderated chain mediation model. BMC Public Health 2024; 24:491. [PMID: 38365682 PMCID: PMC10870653 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-18019-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2023] [Accepted: 02/06/2024] [Indexed: 02/18/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND This study examined the relationship between loneliness and bedtime procrastination among Chinese university students, the mediating effects of COVID-19 risk perception and self-regulatory fatigue, and connectedness to nature's protective role, post pandemic. METHODS We recruited 855 students to complete the Loneliness, Perceived Risk of COVID-19 Pandemic, Self-Regulatory Fatigue, Bedtime Procrastination, and Connectedness to Nature Scales. Data for descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, and moderated chain mediation effects were analyzed using SPSS 24.0 and process 3.5 macros. RESULTS Loneliness positively correlated with bedtime procrastination, COVID-19 risk perception mediated the impact of loneliness on bedtime procrastination, self-regulatory fatigue mediated the effect of loneliness on bedtime procrastination, and COVID-19 risk perception and self-regulatory fatigue mediated the effect between loneliness and bedtime procrastination. Furthermore, connectedness to nature mediated the impact of COVID-19 risk perception on self-regulatory fatigue. CONCLUSIONS The results indicate the effects and potential mechanisms of loneliness on bedtime procrastination after the relaxation of the pandemic prevention and control policy in China from the perspective of self-regulatory resources and provide insights into improving university students' sleep routine and mental health post pandemic.
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- Cheng Xu
- School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Psychological Crisis Intervention, School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China, 200062.
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Link E. Avoidance of Interpersonal Discussions About the COVID-19 Vaccination: Applying the Theory of Motivated Information Management. HEALTH COMMUNICATION 2023; 38:2843-2853. [PMID: 36111750 DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2022.2124055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Using a stratified sample of German non-vaccinated residents (N = 1,328), we examined the effectiveness of the Theory of Motivated Information Management (TMIM) in explaining avoidant information management among family and friends, in the context of the COVID-19 vaccination. Our results generally supported the TMIM's utility as a theoretical framework for understanding avoidant information management, as the model fitted the data well. The study contributes to the theoretical development of the TMIM, by proving that anxiety and hope operate jointly and contribute to decisions for avoiding interpersonal discussions. Further, our findings indicate that avoidance efficacy is a valuable supplement to the considered types of efficacy assessments. As a practical implication, our findings indicate that interventions encouraging individuals to talk to their family and friends should focus on raising levels of communication and target efficacy, to overcome barriers to interpersonal discussions. This is significant in motivating individuals to get vaccinated.
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- Elena Link
- Department of Journalism and Communication Research, Hanover University of Music, Drama, and Media
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Yuan J, Dong M, Wong IOL, Cowing BJ, Lam WWT, Ni MY, Liao Q. Can psychological distress account for the associations between COVID-19 vaccination acceptance and socio-economic vulnerability? Appl Psychol Health Well Being 2023; 15:1583-1602. [PMID: 37142547 DOI: 10.1111/aphw.12452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2022] [Accepted: 04/24/2023] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Socially disadvantaged individuals and communities consistently showed lower COVID-19 vaccination acceptance. We aimed to examine the psychological mechanisms that could explain such vaccination disparities. This study used data from serial population-based surveys conducted since the COVID-19 vaccination programme being launched in Hong Kong (N = 28,734). We first assessed the correlations of community-level and individual-level social vulnerability with COVID-19 vaccination acceptance. Structural equation modelling (SEM) was then conducted to test whether psychological distress measured by PHQ-4 can account for the associations between participants' socio-economic vulnerability and COVID-19 vaccination acceptance. The third part analysis examined whether perceived negativity of vaccine-related news and affect towards COVID-19 vaccines accounted for the association between psychological distress and COVID-19 vaccination. Communities with higher social vulnerability scores and participants who had more vulnerable socio-economic status showed lower COVID-19 vaccination acceptance. Individuals with more vulnerable socio-economic status reported higher psychological distress, which lowered COVID-19 vaccination acceptance. Furthermore, higher psychological distress was associated with lower vaccination acceptance through its psychological mechanisms of processing vaccine-related information. We proposed a renewed focus on tackling psychological distress rather than merely increasing vaccine accessibility in more socio-economic-disadvantaged groups for promoting COVID-19 vaccination acceptance.
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- Jiehu Yuan
- School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- Laboratory of Data Discovery for Health, Hong Kong Science and Technology Park, Hong Kong, China
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- School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, Jockey Club Institute of Cancer Care, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- Healthy High Density Cities Lab, HKUrbanLab, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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Liu J, Liu X, Lai KH, Zhang X, Ma X. Exploring rumor behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic through an information processing perspective: The moderating role of critical thinking. COMPUTERS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR 2023; 147:107842. [PMID: 37359713 PMCID: PMC10276925 DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2023.107842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2023] [Revised: 06/03/2023] [Accepted: 06/10/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023]
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In the midst of the pervasive disruption caused by the proliferation of rumors, it is unclear how individuals react to such information. Guided by the SOR theory (Stimuli-Organism-Response), our study investigates the association between different information sources (stimuli), emotions experienced by individuals (organism), and resulting rumor behaviors such as sharing and refuting (response). Furthermore, we examine the moderating role of individual critical thinking in this process. Using the COVID-19 pandemic as a study scenario, we collected questionnaire data from 4588 respondents. Our results reveal a large positive association between pandemic-related information and feelings of fear. Additionally, a medium negative correlation between fear and rumor sharing was observed while a moderate positive correlation between fear and rumor refuting was identified. Moreover, we found that individual critical thinking abilities can effectively moderate the relationship between fear and online COVID-19-related information and strengthen the link between fear and rumor sharing while weakening the link between fear and rumor refuting. Additionally, our study indicates that an individual's fear plays a mediating role in the relationship between information sources and rumor behavior. Our findings shed light on the information processing mechanisms underlying rumor behaviors and yield practical and policy implications for managing them.
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- Jianwei Liu
- School of Economics and Management, Dalian University of Technology, No.2, Linggong Road, Ganjingzi District, Dalian City, Liaoning Province, 116024, PR China
- Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 11 Yuk Choi Road, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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- School of Business, Nankai University, No.94, Weijin Road, Tianjin City, 300071, PR China
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- Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 11 Yuk Choi Road, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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- School of Business, Nankai University, No.94, Weijin Road, Tianjin City, 300071, PR China
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- Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 11 Yuk Choi Road, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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Zhang J, Pan Y, Lin H, Sun Z, Wu P, Tu J. Infodemic: Challenges and solutions in topic discovery and data process. Arch Public Health 2023; 81:166. [PMID: 37679764 PMCID: PMC10483774 DOI: 10.1186/s13690-023-01179-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2023] [Accepted: 09/03/2023] [Indexed: 09/09/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic was a huge shock to society, and the ensuing information problems had a huge impact on society at the same time. The urgent need to understand the Infodemic, i.e., the importance of the spread of false information related to the epidemic, has been highlighted. However, while there is a growing interest in this phenomenon, studies on the topic discovery, data collection, and data preparation phases of the information analysis process have been lacking. OBJECTIVE Since the epidemic is unprecedented and has not ended to this day, we aimed to examine the existing Infodemic-related literature from January 2019 to December 2022. METHODS We have systematically searched ScienceDirect and IEEE Xplore databases with some search limitations. From the searched literature we selected titles, abstracts and keywords, and limitations sections. We conducted an extensive structured literature search and analysis by filtering the literature and sorting out the available information. RESULTS A total of 47 papers ended up meeting the requirements of this review. Researchers in all of these literatures encountered different challenges, most of which were focused on the data collection step, with few challenges encountered in the data preparation phase and almost none in the topic discovery section. The challenges were mainly divided into the points of how to collect data quickly, how to get the required data samples, how to filter the data, what to do if the data set is too small, how to pick the right classifier and how to deal with topic drift and diversity. In addition, researchers have proposed partial solutions to the challenges, and we have also proposed possible solutions. CONCLUSIONS This review found that Infodemic is a rapidly growing research area that attracts the interest of researchers from different disciplines. The number of studies in this field has increased significantly in recent years, with researchers from different countries, including the United States, India, and China. Infodemic topic discovery, data collection, and data preparation are not easy, and each step faces different challenges. While there is some research in this emerging field, there are still many challenges that need to be addressed. These findings highlight the need for more articles to address these issues and fill these gaps.
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- Jinjin Zhang
- School of Computer Science, Nanjing Audit University, Nanjing, China
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- School of Computer Science, Nanjing Audit University, Nanjing, China
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- School of Engineering Audit, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Public Project Audit, Nanjing Audit University, Nanjing, China.
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- School of Engineering Audit, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Public Project Audit, Nanjing Audit University, Nanjing, China
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- School of Engineering Audit, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Public Project Audit, Nanjing Audit University, Nanjing, China
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- The Institute of Acoustics, School of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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Zhang G, Cao J, Liu D. Examining the influence of information overload on consumers' purchase in live streaming: A heuristic-systematic model perspective. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0284466. [PMID: 37540645 PMCID: PMC10403099 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0284466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2022] [Accepted: 04/03/2023] [Indexed: 08/06/2023] Open
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In recent years, the number of live streaming platforms and the number of viewers have exploded. For example, in China, there are already more than 100 live streaming platforms as well as more than 300 million consumers. In live commerce, streamers use 'information overload' to affect purchase decisions, by making it difficult for consumers to think systematically; however, the mechanism of impact in this way has not been confirmed. In order to clarify how information overload affects users' purchasing decisions in live commerce, this study introduces information overload from the perspective of "Heuristic-systematic model" to develop a research model. And 400 respondents were randomly recruited through various SNS platforms in Guangdong Province, China from July 1 to July 20, 2022 using a random survey method, and finally 297 valid sample data were obtained. To verify the validity of the model and to illustrate the impact of information overload marketing on consumer purchase decisions in live commerce this study conducted an empirical analysis using Smart PLS 3.0. The findings show that perceived product quality and fit, and streamer influence and expertise, positively affect consumers' purchase intentions. The information overload strategy can significantly reduce consumers' perceptions of merchandise fit and enhance their perceptions of streamer influence and expertise. The results of this study provide a theoretical basis for marketing strategies in live commerce, and enrich literature in the field of marketing.
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- Guihua Zhang
- Department of Business, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, Korea
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- School of Business, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- Department of Global Business, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, Korea
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Chen J, Hsu FC, Yan L, Lee HM, Zhang Y. Tourists' Food Involvement, Place Attachment, and Destination Loyalty: The Moderating Role of Lifestyle. Behav Sci (Basel) 2023; 13:629. [PMID: 37622769 PMCID: PMC10451238 DOI: 10.3390/bs13080629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2023] [Revised: 07/16/2023] [Accepted: 07/18/2023] [Indexed: 08/26/2023] Open
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Destination food has been increasingly appealing to tourists within adjacent markets. This trend has been widely recognised by destination marketers; however, scholars have paid limited attention to tourists' psychological and behavioural responses to destination food. Taking Shunde as the research site, using a questionnaire-based survey method equipped with the techniques of measurement modelling, path analysis, principal component analysis, and cluster analysis, this study explores how tourists' food involvement affects their place attachment and destination loyalty, as well as the differentiation of tourists with different lifestyles. The results show that food involvement significantly affects place attachment and destination loyalty. These relationships are differentiated by tourists' lifestyles. This study contributes to the psychological research of tourist behaviours and provides insights into destination marketing in the context of food tourism.
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- Jingru Chen
- Faculty of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, China; (J.C.); (Y.Z.)
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- Department of Cultural Tourism, National United University, Miaoli City 360302, Taiwan;
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- Centre for Gaming and Tourism Studies, Macao Polytechnic University, Macau, China;
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- Faculty of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, China; (J.C.); (Y.Z.)
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- Faculty of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, China; (J.C.); (Y.Z.)
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Chen L, Chen M. Danger control and fear control during public health emergencies: Considering the roles of fear and hope in the EPPM across different levels of trust. RISK ANALYSIS : AN OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE SOCIETY FOR RISK ANALYSIS 2023; 43:928-942. [PMID: 35750328 DOI: 10.1111/risa.13985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Public health emergencies pose considerable threats to global health and safety. The control of these emergencies requires the efforts of healthcare professionals and calls for the public to take protective actions. The present study not only puts fear back in the extended parallel process model (EPPM) but also considers another similarly productive emotion: hope. We examined the mechanisms behind the effects of four cognitive perceptions on protective actions (i.e., danger control) and information avoidance (i.e., fear control). A national online survey was conducted with 1676 participants during the outbreak of COVID-19 in China from February 1 to 29, 2020. The results revealed that perceived severity and susceptibility could lead to fear, positively affecting protective actions. On the other hand, perceived response efficacy and self-efficacy induced hope, which was positively associated with protective actions but negatively associated with information avoidance. Furthermore, the mechanisms behind the relationships among cognitions, emotions, and behaviors varied across levels of trust in healthcare systems.
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- Liang Chen
- School of Journalism and Communication, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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Arenas Gaitán J, Ramírez Correa PE. COVID-19 and telemedicine: A netnography approach. TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE 2023; 190:122420. [PMID: 36816867 PMCID: PMC9928743 DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2023.122420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2022] [Revised: 11/03/2022] [Accepted: 12/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The COVID-19 pandemic has consolidated some trends that already existed in our society. Perhaps one of the most visible is the transformation of society towards greater digitisation. Digitalisation has gained weight in all aspects of our lives, and from the point of view of the health system we find an example in the slow historical adoption of telemedicine, which contrasts sharply with the massive conversion to this technology as a tool for social distancing. In this sense, the homebound population is the one most affected by the pandemic and the one that could benefit the most from the use of telemedicine. Using a netnography approach and based on the stimulus-organism-response paradigm, this study proposes to analyse the evolution of perception about telemedicine using the opinions expressed on Twitter. The primary technical tasks of the study incorporate the analysis of topics and the review of emotions and positive image perception using natural language processing. Specifically, tweets about telemedicine generated by the Spanish community are analysed in this work. The findings show that the COVID-19 pandemic has affected emotions and topics of interest related to telemedicine. This has changed the image that it had and the behaviour of the Twitter community in Spain. In conclusion, the study results suggest that changes in health systems affect people's emotions and behaviours.
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Li L, Zhou J, Zhuang J, Zhang Q. Gender-specific emotional characteristics of crisis communication on social media: Case studies of two public health crises. Inf Process Manag 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ipm.2023.103299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
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Zhang Q, Zhang R, Wu W, Liu Y, Zhou Y. Impact of social media news on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and vaccination behavior. TELEMATICS AND INFORMATICS 2023; 80:101983. [PMID: 37122766 PMCID: PMC10122563 DOI: 10.1016/j.tele.2023.101983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2022] [Revised: 04/10/2023] [Accepted: 04/18/2023] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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In order to take advantage of the power of social media to promote vaccination, this study reveals the mechanisms of positive and negative impacts of social media news on vaccine hesitancy and vaccination behavior. Based on the stimulus-organism-response (S-O-R) framework, we developed a research model to understand the effects of vaccine safety news and risk news from social media (external stimuli) on individuals' psychological organism (i.e., safety perception and risk perception) and consequent behavioral response, vaccine hesitancy and vaccination behavior. The proposed model was tested by partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) on a sample gathered in China from September 2021 to November 2021 and from February 2022 to April 2022 (valid responses = 1579). The results found that the relationship between vaccine risk news from social media and risk perception was higher than the relationship between vaccine safety news from social media and safety perception. Individuals are more sensitive to vaccine risk news than safety news on social media. Moreover, both safety perception and risk perception explained the critical psychological mechanisms behind vaccine hesitancy. Interestingly, ego network density mitigated the effect of safety news on safety perception and the effect of risk news on risk perception. The findings contribute to the S-O-R model, the research on social media effects, and the literature on vaccination attitudes and behaviors. This study also informs public health officials about leveraging the power of social media to motivate the public to accept the COVID-19 vaccines.
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- Qianyao Zhang
- Department of Information Management, School of Economics and Management, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
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- Department of Information Management, School of Economics and Management, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
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- Department of Business Management, School of Economics and Management, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
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- School of Mechanical, Electronic and Control Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
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- Department of Information Management, School of Economics and Management, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
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Research on the Process and Influencing Factors of Online Diabetes Information Users’ Avoidance Behavior: A Qualitative Study. Behav Sci (Basel) 2023; 13:bs13030267. [PMID: 36975292 PMCID: PMC10045335 DOI: 10.3390/bs13030267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2022] [Revised: 01/13/2023] [Accepted: 01/24/2023] [Indexed: 03/22/2023] Open
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Users’ avoidance behavior of health information has received growing attention recently, but research into users’ avoidance behavior of diabetes information remains limited. This paper aims to reveal the process and the factors of avoiding online diabetes information. The interview, conducted with the critical incident technique, and the diary methods were used to collect 40 true incidents of online diabetes information avoidance from 17 participants. Based on the thematic analysis method and grounded theory, the data were analyzed to identify the key phases of the avoidance process and obtain the factors influencing the occurrence of avoidance behavior. The results showed that the macro-process of online diabetes information avoidance comprised three phases: pre-encountering, encountering, and avoiding after encountering. First, browsing, searching, or social interaction provide the context for encountering; second, the encountering occurrence consists of three steps—noticing the stimuli, reacting to stimuli, and examining the content; and third, to avoid the online diabetes information encountered, users will adopt avoidance strategies, such as avoiding information sources, controlling attention, delaying access, forgetting information, and denying information, which is manifested as general avoidance and strong avoidance, and has positive, negative, or no effect on users. The 14 influencing factors of avoidance behavior obtained were divided into four clusters. User-related factors include demographic characteristics, health-behavior perception, perceived threat, perceived control, and information sufficiency; information-related factors include information quality, information overload, and information dissemination; environment-related factors include context type, behavior place, time pressure, and social factors, and emotion-related factors include the pre-encountering and post-encountering emotional states. These findings can guide the intervention of information avoidance behavior.
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Exploring the Influence Mechanism of Chinese Young Researchers' Academic Information Avoidance Behavior. JOURNAL OF ACADEMIC LIBRARIANSHIP 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2022.102649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Pao HN, Jackson E, Yang TS, Tsai JS, Hwang YT, Sung WHT, Pfeiffer DU. The attitude-behaviour gap in biosecurity: Applying social theories to understand the relationships between commercial chicken farmers' attitudes and behaviours. Front Vet Sci 2023; 10:1070482. [PMID: 36846249 PMCID: PMC9947856 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2023.1070482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2022] [Accepted: 01/06/2023] [Indexed: 02/11/2023] Open
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Introduction Traditionally, it is believed that people's behaviours align with their attitudes; however, during COVID-19 pandemic, an attitude-behaviour gap in relation to preventive measures has been observed in recent studies. As such, the mixed-methods research was used to examine the relationships between farmers' biosecurity attitudes and behaviours in Taiwan's chicken industry based on the cognitive consistency theory. Methods Content analysis of face-to-face interviews with 15 commercial chicken farmers identified their biosecurity responses to infectious disease threats. Results The results indicated the mismatch of farmers' attitudes and behaviours towards specific biosecurity measures, in that they act differently than they think. The findings of the qualitative research allowed the research team to conduct the subsequent quantitative, confirmatory assessment to investigate the mismatch of farmers' attitudes and behaviours in 303 commercial broiler farmers. Survey data were analyzed to discover the relationships between farmers' attitudes and behaviours in relation to 29 biosecurity measures. The results show a mixed picture. The percentage of the farmers who had the attitude-behaviour gap towards 29 biosecurity measures ranged from 13.9 to 58.7%. Additionally, at the 5% significant level, there is an association between farmers' attitudes and behaviours for 12 biosecurity measures. In contrast, a significant association does not exist for the other 17 biosecurity measures. Specifically, out of the 17 biosecurity measures, the disconnection of farmers' attitudes and behaviours was observed in three specific biosecurity measures such as using a carcass storage area. Discussion Based on a fairly large sample of farmers in Taiwan, this study confirms the existence of an attitude-behaviour gap in context and applies social theories to provide an in-depth understanding of how infectious diseases are managed in the animal health context. As the results demonstrate the necessity of tailoring biosecurity strategies to address the gap, it is time to reconsider the current approach by understanding farmers' real attitudes and behaviours in relation to biosecurity for the success of animal disease prevention and control at the farm level.
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- Hai-ni Pao
- Veterinary Epidemiology, Economics and Public Health Group, Department of Pathobiology and Population Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, Hatfield, United Kingdom,*Correspondence: Hai-ni Pao ✉
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- School of Management and Marketing, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Department of Finance and Cooperative Management, National Taipei University, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Department of Statistics, National Taipei University, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Veterinary Epidemiology, Economics and Public Health Group, Department of Pathobiology and Population Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, Hatfield, United Kingdom,Centre for Applied One Health Research and Policy Advice, Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences, City University, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Wu JH, Robinson S, Tsemg JS, Hsu YP, Hsieh MC, Chen YC. Digital and physical factors influencing an individual's preventive behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan: A perspective based on the S-O-R model. COMPUTERS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR 2023; 139:107525. [PMID: 36268219 PMCID: PMC9557089 DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2022.107525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2022] [Revised: 10/03/2022] [Accepted: 10/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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COVID-19 has caused considerable stress to individuals and communities. Daily press briefings on public health during the COVID-19 pandemic have increased individuals' feelings of social pressure. Abrupt changes to a person's immediate environment, such as the changes caused by COVID-19, can substantially affect their mental health and cognitive adjustment. On the basis of the stimulus-organism-response (S-O-R) framework, we examined the effects of digital and physical stimuli related to COVID-19 in Taiwan on individuals' psychological states and preventive behavior, including social distancing and personal hygiene. The data obtained from 498 valid survey questionnaires indicated that digital and physical factors including informativeness, social pressure, and severity exerted direct effects on cognitive assimilation and anxiety, which in turn affected individuals' preventive behavior. Moreover, cognitive assimilation and anxiety had significant mediating effects on the relationships of informativeness, social pressure, and severity with individuals' preventive behavior. The results of this study indicate how digital and physical stimulus factors affect cognitive assimilation and anxiety, which influence preventive behavior during a pandemic.
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- Jen-Her Wu
- Department of Information Management, Southern Taiwan Interdisciplinary Center for Innovative Technologies, Advisory Board Member, E-Da Healthcare Group, National Sun Yat-Sen University, 70 Lien-Hai Rd, Kaohsiung, 804, Taiwan
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- Department of English, Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages, 900 Minzu 1st Road, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Information Management, National Sun Yat-Sen University, 70 Lien-Hai Rd, Kaohsiung, 804, Taiwan
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- Department of Information Management, National Sun Yat-Sen University, 70 Lien-Hai Rd, Kaohsiung, 804, Taiwan
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- Department of Information Science and Management Systems, National Taitung University, 369, Section 2, University Road, Taitung, 950, Taiwan
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- Department of Information Science and Management Systems, National Taitung University, 369, Section 2, University Road, Taitung, 950, Taiwan
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Wadhar SB, Shahani R, Zhou R, Siddiquei AN, Ye Q, Asmi F. What Factors Will Influence Chinese International Traveling for Leisure in the Post-COVID-19 Era: Role of Health Priorities and Health-Related Information Literacy. Healthcare (Basel) 2023; 11:healthcare11030315. [PMID: 36766891 PMCID: PMC9914121 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare11030315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2022] [Revised: 01/02/2023] [Accepted: 01/13/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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China used to be the world's leading nation in terms of international (outward) tourism till the COVID-19 outbreak. However, due to the COVID-19 crisis, several new macro and micro-level factors might affect their international (outward) traveling behavior. The purpose of the current research was to examine the avoidance of international traveling for leisure in the Chinese population. The goal of the study was to highlight the importance of information self-efficacy and digital literacy as the key factors influencing tourists' traveling readiness. To achieve the goal, the study adapted the quantitative instruments from existing sources to map media exhaustion, information overload, and perceived health concerns, i.e., perceived effectiveness of health-protective measures, fear of new possible outbreaks, and pandemic crisis at source and destination. Chinese citizens' opinions were collected during the third quarter of the year 2022. Specifically, the quantitative survey from China collected a total number of 1308 respondents. This study used the statistical analysis software SPSS to analyze collected data. The findings conclude that the role of media is pivotal to shaping and predicting future trends in tourism preferences, perception of protective measures against COVID-19, and perceived seriousness of the pandemic crisis in the Chinese population. In addition, technology readiness (as hard self-efficacy) and health-related information literacy (soft self-efficacy) are critical to cope with the dark aspects of information exhaustion, overload, and pandemic seriousness in the post-truth era. The study is unique, as it examines the role of the seriousness of the pandemic at its source and destination and fear of new outbreaks simultaneously, underlining the potential future of immersive tourism (i.e., virtual reality, augmented reality, or mixed reality-based tourism). This study has drawn interesting theoretical and practical implications for researchers, policymakers, and academicians.
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- Saba Batool Wadhar
- Department of Science Communication, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Department of Science Communication, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Department of Science Communication, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
- Correspondence: (R.Z.); (Q.Y.); (F.A.)
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- Department of Science Communication, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
- Department of Economic Management, College of Information Engineering, Fuyang Normal University, Fuyang 236037, China
- Correspondence: (R.Z.); (Q.Y.); (F.A.)
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- Department of Science Communication, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
- Correspondence: (R.Z.); (Q.Y.); (F.A.)
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Empathy moderates the relationship between cognitive load and prosocial behaviour. Sci Rep 2023; 13:824. [PMID: 36646855 PMCID: PMC9841498 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-28098-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2022] [Accepted: 01/12/2023] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Cognitive load reduces both empathy and prosocial behaviour. However, studies demonstrating these effects have induced cognitive load in a temporally limited, artificial manner that fails to capture real-world cognitive load. Drawing from cognitive load theory, we investigated whether naturally occurring cognitive load from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic moderated the relationship between empathy and prosocial behaviour (operationalised as support for public health measures). This large study in an Australian sample (N = 600) identified negative relationships between pandemic fatigue, empathy for people vulnerable to COVID-19, and prosocial behaviour, and a positive relationship between empathy and prosocial behaviour. Additionally, we found that the negative effect of the pandemic on prosocial behaviour depended on empathy for vulnerable others, with pandemic fatigue's effects lowest for those with the highest empathy. These findings highlight the interrelationships of cognitive load and empathy, and the potential value of eliciting empathy to ease the impact of real-world cognitive load on prosocial behaviour.
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Gong H, Deng S, Wang H, Cao G. Using the ABC theory of emotion to examine the relationship between health anxiety and health information-seeking behavior among the rural population. Digit Health 2023; 9:20552076231208559. [PMID: 37900259 PMCID: PMC10605672 DOI: 10.1177/20552076231208559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2023] [Accepted: 10/03/2023] [Indexed: 10/31/2023] Open
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Objective The aim of the current study was to explore the relationship between online and offline health information-seeking behaviors, as antecedents and consequences, and health anxiety and related belief factors in rural residents. Methods Based on the ABC theory of emotions (ABC model), this study developed two theoretical models of the association between health anxiety and health information-seeking behavior: Placing health information-seeking behavior (both online and offline) as an outcome and antecedent, respectively, and setting three belief factors of the perceived health threat, intolerance of uncertainty, and catastrophic misinterpretations. We collected 730 self-reported data points from 20 June to 5 July 2022 for rural residents in China and empirically tested the research model and hypotheses using partial least squares-based structural equation modeling. Results The perceived health threat and intolerance of uncertainty are significant motivators of health anxiety, and health anxiety has a direct beneficial effect on both online and offline health information-seeking behaviors. Health anxiety is influenced either directly or indirectly by catastrophic misinterpretations resulting from online health information-seeking, while offline health information-seeking behavior does not contribute as strongly to health anxiety directly but mainly reinforces it through the mediating influence of catastrophic misinterpretations. Conclusions Rural residents' health anxiety promotes their online and offline health information behaviors. And both their online and offline health information-seeking behaviors may promote health anxiety directly and through catastrophic misinterpretations. Comparing the two, online health information-seeking behaviors primarily exacerbate health anxiety through direct effects, whereas offline health information-seeking behaviors primarily affect health anxiety through catastrophic misinterpretations. We provide suggested guidelines for alleviating health anxiety and regulating health information behaviors among rural residents.
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- Hongcun Gong
- School of Information Management, Nanjing University, China
- International Joint Informatics Laboratory, Nanjing University, China
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- School of Information Management, Nanjing University, China
- International Joint Informatics Laboratory, Nanjing University, China
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- School of Information Management, Nanjing University, China
- International Joint Informatics Laboratory, Nanjing University, China
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- School of Information Management, Central China Normal University, China
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Factors affecting users' intention to use mobile health services of public libraries. LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE RESEARCH 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.lisr.2022.101223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Liu R, Zheng X, Wang Z, Zhou M, Weng J, Li YM, Chen X. COVID-19 symptoms and compliance: The mediating role of fundamental social motives. Front Psychol 2023; 14:1093875. [PMID: 37020914 PMCID: PMC10067610 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1093875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2022] [Accepted: 02/28/2023] [Indexed: 04/07/2023] Open
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Background Understanding the compliance of infected individuals and the psychological process underlying compliance during pandemics is important for preventing and controlling the spread of pathogens. Our study investigated whether fundamental social motives mediate the relationship between having infectious disease and compliance. Methods An online survey was conducted in March 2020, during the severe phase of the COVID-19 outbreak in China to collect data from 15,758 participants. The survey comprised self-report questionnaires with items pertaining to current symptoms (COVID-19 symptoms, other symptoms or no symptoms), the Fundamental Social Motive Inventory, and measures of compliance. Correlation analysis, linear regression analysis, and structural equation model were used for data analysis. Results The participants with COVID-19 symptoms had lower levels of compliance than those without symptoms, and their lower compliance was caused by a decrease in disease avoidance (indirect effect = -0.058, 95% CI = [-0.061, -0.056]) and familial motives (indirect effect = -0.113, 95% CI = [-0.116, -0.062]). Whereas exclusion concern (indirect effect = 0.014, 95% CI = [0.011, 0.017]) suppressed the effects of COVID-19 symptoms on compliance, the effect disappeared in the multiple mediation model, while those of disease avoidance and familial motives remained. Conclusion Our findings emphasize the critical role of disease avoidance and familial motives in promoting compliance with public health norms during pandemics and suggest that enhancing these motives may serve as an effective intervention strategy to mitigate noncompliance among potentially infected individuals.
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- Ruoting Liu
- Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China
- Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, The First Affiliated Hospital of University of Science and Technology of China Anhui Provincial Hospital, Hefei, Anhui Province, China
- Department of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui Province, China
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- Department of Linguistics and Cognitive Science, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, United States
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- Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China
- Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, The First Affiliated Hospital of University of Science and Technology of China Anhui Provincial Hospital, Hefei, Anhui Province, China
- Department of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui Province, China
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- Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China
- Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- *Correspondence: Yan-mei Li,
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- Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China
- Xuefeng Chen,
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Ye D, Cho D, Liu F, Xu Y, Jia Z, Chen J. Investigating the impact of virtual tourism on travel intention during the post-COVID-19 era: evidence from China. UNIVERSAL ACCESS IN THE INFORMATION SOCIETY 2022:1-17. [PMID: 36466580 PMCID: PMC9707137 DOI: 10.1007/s10209-022-00952-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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This study explores the mechanism that contributes to travel intention in the field of virtual tourism. The overall research method is based on the "Stimulus-Organism-Response" theory. In the research model, the effects of content quality, system quality, and interaction quality in virtual tourism on tourism experience and travel intention are explored, as well as the role of virtual attachment and travel intention. A total of 390 respondents were invited to participate in a virtual tourism experience, and provide feedback through a questionnaire. SmartPLS 3.3.2 was used to validate the causal model, and most of the study hypotheses were supported. The findings show that virtual tourism significantly promotes travel intention. Specifically, content quality, system quality, and interaction quality positively affect tourists' travel intention through the complementary mediations of tourism experience and virtual attachment; and system quality even directly promotes travel intention. However, tourism experience does not affect virtual attachment. The present study extends prior studies on virtual tourism with SOR as a general model for field tourism experience research, while demonstrating the effectiveness of virtual tourism in promoting tourists' travel intention. The results are useful in assisting governments with developing relevant policies and services, as well as helping tourism companies understand virtual tourism as an enhancement for tourist travel intention, thus contributing to the recovery of the tourism industry in the post-COVID-19 era.
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- Dingyu Ye
- Department of Design and Manufacturing Engineering, Jeonbuk National University, Jeollabuk-do Jeonju, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Industrial Design, Jeonbuk National University, Jeollabuk-do Jeonju, Republic of Korea
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- Faculty of Information Technology, University of Jyväskylä, Jyvaskyla, Finland
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- Department of Business Economics, Chent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of International Communication, Birmingham City University, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Economics and Management, Sichuan Tourism University, Chengdu, China
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Li J. Information Avoidance in the Age of COVID-19: A Meta-Analysis. Inf Process Manag 2022; 60:103163. [PMCID: PMC9647024 DOI: 10.1016/j.ipm.2022.103163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2022] [Revised: 11/03/2022] [Accepted: 11/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Guided by three major theoretical frameworks, this meta-analysis synthesizes 17 empirical studies (15 articles with 18,297 participants, 13 of them are from non-representative samples) and quantifies the effect sizes of a list of antecedents (e.g., cognitive, affective, and social factors) on information avoidance during the COVID-19 context. Findings indicated that information-related factors including channel belief (r = -.35, p < .01) and information overload (r = .23, p < .01) are more important in determining individual's avoidance behaviors toward COVID-19 information. Factors from the psychosocial aspects, however, had low correlations with information avoidance. While informational subjective norms released a negative correlation (r = -.16, p < .1) which was approaching significant, positive and negative risk responses were not associated with information avoidance. Moderator analysis further revealed that the impacts of several antecedents varied for people with different demographic characteristics (i.e., age, gender, region of origin), and under certain sampling methods. Theoretically, this meta-analysis may help determine the most dominant factors from a larger landscape, thus providing valuable directions to refine frameworks and approaches in health information behaviors. Findings from moderator analysis have also practically inspired certain audience segmentation strategies to tackle occurrence of information avoidance during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- Jinhui Li
- Corresponding author: Jinhui Li. School of Journalism and Communication, Jinan University, 601 Huangpu Ave West, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China 510632
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Obeidat Z, Obeidat MI. A typology of Jordanian consumers after Covid-19: The rational, the suspicious, and the cautious consumer. THE JOURNAL OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS 2022; 57:JOCA12493. [PMID: 36714886 PMCID: PMC9874892 DOI: 10.1111/joca.12493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2021] [Revised: 10/02/2022] [Accepted: 10/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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This study presents a detailed typology of Jordanian consumers that identifies the effects of Covid-19 on their personal, social, and purchase and consumption patterns following the pandemic. Based on a qualitative approach using a sample of Jordanian consumers (N = 71), this study identifies three main types of consumers: the rational, suspicious, and cautious. All were distinguished by cognitive, emotional, and behavioral differences: the rational consumers viewed the pandemic as a natural occurrence, were willing to vaccinate, and took the opportunity to improve their lives and consumption behavior; the suspicious consumers viewed the pandemic as a man-made virus and refused to rationalize their behaviors and follow the social-distancing rules or vaccinate; and the cautious consumers were generally somewhere in between, and while they improved some aspects of their consumption, social, and personal lives, other aspects either remained the same or worsened. The findings have implications for managers and governmental bodies.
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- Zaid Obeidat
- School of BusinessUniversity of JordanAmmanJordan
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Technology & behavioral changes mediation for personnel safety intentions: Crisis in theoretical framework. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT DATA INSIGHTS 2022. [PMCID: PMC9637392 DOI: 10.1016/j.jjimei.2022.100137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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With a theoretical S-O-R(stimulus-organism-response) framework, the study focused on the technology and behavioral changes ensuring personal safety intentions in developed countries. Covid-19 Crisis made the scenario feel the difference in rich people's society or not? Rare research focused on technology-related behavioral changes due to the 20th century and a surge in data insights. A random sampling technique was used to analyze data from 580 individuals. At first, P.L.S. (partial least square) analysis proved that leisure, health anxiety-related information flow, and especially new social media trends had substantial effects on technology and behavioral changes. Statistical results, including time series and correlation results, focused more on personnel safety intentions in China. Individual-based historical data proved a huge data use intentions change even until 2022. Hence, the first-ever preliminary research findings will open a new aperture in information management.
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Graf B, Antoni CH. Drowning in the flood of information: a meta-analysis on the relation between information overload, behaviour, experience, and health and moderating factors. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF WORK AND ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/1359432x.2022.2118051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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- Benedikt Graf
- Department of Work and Organizational Psychology, University of Trier, Trier, Germany
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- Department of Work and Organizational Psychology, University of Trier, Trier, Germany
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Guo F, Zhou A, Luo P. What determines online rumour sharing on COVID-19? A stimulus–response framework. J Inf Sci 2022. [PMCID: PMC9561523 DOI: 10.1177/01655515221126989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Based on the stimulus–response framework, this study examines the external environmental stimuli influencing online rumour sharing about COVID-19 and considers the contingent effect of fear. A large-scale online survey was used to test the proposed research model and hypotheses. The final data set comprised 2807 valid responses. The results indicate that perceptions of community safety and infection risk negatively affect online rumour sharing, while social influence positively affects online rumour sharing. Fear weakens the negative effects of community safety on online rumour sharing but strengthens the positive effect of social influence on online rumour sharing. This study provides a comprehensive analysis by applying the stimulus–response framework to explore the underlying drivers of online rumour sharing with regard to COVID-19 and the moderating effects of fear in the Chinese context.
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- Feng Guo
- College of Management and Economics, Qingdao Institute for Ocean Engineering, Tianjin University, China
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- College of Management and Economics, Tianjin University, China
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- School of Business, Sichuan University, China
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Zheng L, Cai J, Wang F, Ruan C, Xu M, Miao M. How Health-Related Misinformation Spreads Across the Internet: Evidence for the "Typhoon Eye" Effect. CYBERPSYCHOLOGY, BEHAVIOR AND SOCIAL NETWORKING 2022; 25:641-648. [PMID: 36099179 DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2022.0047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Online health-related misinformation has become a major problem in society and in-depth research is needed to understand its propagation patterns and underlying mechanisms. This study proposes a psychological typhoon eye effect to understand how health-related misinformation spreads during the pandemic using two national studies. In Study 1, we collected online search data from the United States and China to explore the relationship between the physical distance from the epicenter and the spread of health-related misinformation. Two common pieces of health-related misinformation were examined: "Microwaves kill coronavirus" in the United States and "Taking a hot bath can prevent against COVID-19" in China. Our results indicated a "typhoon eye effect" in the spread of two actual pieces of health-related misinformation using online data from the United States and China. In Study 2, we fabricated a piece of health-related misinformation, "Wash Clothes with Salt Water to Block Infection," and measured the spread behavior and perceived credibility of the misinformation. Again, we observed a typhoon eye effect on the spread behavior as well as the perceived credibility of health-related misinformation among people with limited education. In addition, based on the stimulus-organism-response theory, perceived credibility could serve as a mediator in the relationship between physical distance from the epicenter and the spread of health-related misinformation. Our results highlight the importance of psychological approaches to understanding the propagation patterns of health-related misinformation. The present findings provide a new perspective for development of prevention and control strategies to reduce the spread of health-related misinformation during pandemics.
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- Lei Zheng
- School of Economics and Management, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, China
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- School of Economics and Management, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
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- School of Management, Fujian Agricultural and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- School of Management, Fujian University of Technology, Fuzhou, China
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- Department of Medical Psychology, School of Health Humanities, Peking University, Beijing, China
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Nigg C, Benkert R, Tadesse L, Abel T. Complexity awareness among university students in Switzerland during the Covid-19 pandemic. Health Promot Int 2022; 37:6730778. [PMID: 36173606 PMCID: PMC9619517 DOI: 10.1093/heapro/daac137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Public health challenges relating to Covid-19 are highly complex and reasons behind preventive measures can be difficult to understand. Complexity awareness, an important part of healthy literacy, may help young people to understand the situation and act accordingly. However, we could not find any tools to assess complexity awareness during a pandemic in the literature. The purpose of this study was to develop pandemic-specific items to assess complexity awareness and explore relationships with sociodemographic characteristics in university students. Based on critical health literacy concepts and expert knowledge from public health, we developed four survey items, which were answered by 3616 Swiss university students online as part of the COVID-19 International Student Well-Being Study. Relationships between awareness and sociodemographic characteristics were explored using logistic regression and odds ratio (OR). Results showed that 49.6% of the students demonstrated limited and 50.4% demonstrated high complexity awareness. Being female (OR = 1.26; 95% CI 1.07–1.47), having highly educated parents (OR = 1.29; 95% CI 1.06–1.57), and being at a practically oriented university (OR = 0.79; 95% CI 0.64–0.97) was associated with high awareness. Covid-19-related complexity awareness varied significantly among university students, indicating that they have difficulties in dealing with complex information and processes in this pandemic. The results call for action to support students in understanding the complexity of this pandemic and to investigate complexity awareness in the general population.
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- Carina Nigg
- Department of Social and Health Sciences, Institute of Sports and Sports Science, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany.,Department of Sport Pedagogy, Institute of Sport Science, University of Bern, Bern, Canton Bern, Switzerland
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- Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Canton Bern, Switzerland
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- Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Canton Bern, Switzerland.,Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Canton Bern, Switzerland
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Zheng H, Jiang S. Linking the Pathway from Exposure to Online Vaccine Information to Cyberchondria During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Moderated Mediation Model. CYBERPSYCHOLOGY, BEHAVIOR AND SOCIAL NETWORKING 2022; 25:625-633. [PMID: 36037024 DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2022.0045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Cyberchondria describes excessive health information seeking on the Internet is associated with escalating concerns and anxiety. Drawing upon the stimulus-organism-response model, this study proposes a moderated mediation model to explore how people develop cyberchondria when they search for COVID-19 vaccine-related information on the Internet. To test the proposed model, an online survey was conducted in China. Results showed that there was a direct and positive relationship between exposure to online vaccine information and cyberchondria. This relationship was also partially mediated by perceived information overload. Moreover, e-health literacy negatively moderated the indirect relationship between exposure to online vaccine information and cyberchondria through perceived information overload. The results from this study can advance our knowledge on the development of cyberchondria during public health crises, and inform health professionals and social media operators on developing evidence-based interventions to manage this issue.
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- Han Zheng
- School of Information Management, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
- Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Communications and New Media, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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Chakraborty D. Purchase Behavior of Consumers Toward GSAs: A Longitudinal Assessment. JOURNAL OF COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/08874417.2022.2123065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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- Debarun Chakraborty
- Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Constituent of Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Nagpur, Pune, India
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Jin X, Lane D. To know or not to know? Exploring COVID-19 information seeking with the risk information seeking and processing model. J Inf Sci 2022. [PMCID: PMC9494164 DOI: 10.1177/01655515221125325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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To cope with the COVID-19 pandemic and reduce uncertainty, the public needs
accurate and timely information. Inspired by the risk information seeking and
processing (RISP) model, this article discovers the significant predictors of
individuals’ COVID-19 information-seeking intention and behaviour. Overall, 394
adult participants from 47 states completed this study’s online survey. The
hierarchical regression analysis reveals that risk experience and informational
subjective norms are the most substantial predictors of individuals’ online
information-seeking behaviour about COVID-19. Information insufficiency did not
predict information seeking, and participants tend to overestimate their
knowledge about COVID-19. RISP variables tend to share power in explaining the
variances of information-seeking behaviour. Moreover, both channel beliefs and
perceived information gathering capacity moderate information insufficiency’s
prediction of information-seeking intention. These findings will assist
researchers in discovering the fundamental motivation of information seeking.
This article can guide pragmatic interventions to reduce the public’s
uncertainty and mitigate the risk.
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- Xianlin Jin
- Department of Communication, College of Arts and Letters, The University of Toledo, USA
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- College of Communication and Information, University of Kentucky, USA
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Wu M. What Drives People to Share Misinformation on Social Media during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Stimulus-Organism-Response Perspective. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:11752. [PMID: 36142031 PMCID: PMC9517463 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph191811752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2022] [Revised: 08/27/2022] [Accepted: 08/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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(1) Background: Misinformation is prevalent on social media in the age of COVID-19, exacerbating the threat of the pandemic. Uncovering the processes underlying people's misinformation sharing using social media assists people to cope with misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study extends the stimulus-organism-response framework to examine how individuals' social media dependency relates to their misinformation sharing behavior, with a focus on the underlying processes. (2) Methods: A total of 393 valid questionnaires were collected using a survey method to test the proposed research model. (3) Results: The results demonstrate that informational dependency and social dependency engender both positive and negative cognitive states, namely perceived information timeliness, perceived socialization and social overload, which then invoke positive as well as negative affect. What is more, the results show that both positive affect and negative affect can engender misinformation sharing. (4) Conclusions: Theoretically, this study uncovers the processes that lead to misinformation sharing on social media during the COVID-19 pandemic. Practically, this study provides actionable guidelines on how to manage social media usage and social media content to cope with misinformation sharing during the pandemic.
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- Manli Wu
- School of Journalism and Information Communication, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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Rodriguez-Blazquez C, Romay-Barja M, Falcon M, Ayala A, Forjaz MJ. Psychometric Properties of the COVID-19 Pandemic Fatigue Scale: Cross-sectional Online Survey Study. JMIR Public Health Surveill 2022; 8:e34675. [PMID: 35785547 PMCID: PMC9501671 DOI: 10.2196/34675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2021] [Revised: 05/18/2022] [Accepted: 06/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Background Pandemic fatigue is defined as feelings of demotivation to follow preventive measures against COVID-19, together with decreased trust in government and frequency of information-seeking behaviors. Objective This study aims to analyze the psychometric properties of the COVID-19–specific pandemic fatigue scale according to classical test theory (CTT) and Rasch model approaches in the general Spanish population. Methods This was a cross-sectional study in a representative sample of 1018 adults who completed an online survey in November 2020 in the framework of the COVID-19 Snapshot Monitoring (COSMO)-Spain project. The assessments included the 6-item COVID-19 Pandemic Fatigue Scale (CPFS) and other COVID-19–related variables: COVID-19 infection, adherence to preventive behaviors, information-seeking behavior, self-efficacy, worry, and cognitive and affective risk perception. Data quality, acceptability, reliability, and validity were analyzed according to CTT, and the fit to the Rasch model, unidimensionality, appropriateness of the response scale, item local independency, reliability (person-separation index [PSI]), and item-person distribution were also calculated. Results The mean CPFS score was 17.06 (SD 5.04, range 6-30), with higher scores for women, younger participants, participants who never seek information on COVID-19, those who think they would contract a mild disease in case of infection, those with higher level of worry about coronavirus/COVID-19, and those who felt depressed or felt the coronavirus/COVID-19 is spreading slowly (all P<.01). The Cronbach alpha for the CPFS was 0.74. In the confirmatory factor analysis, one factor was identified (root mean square error of approximation [RMSEA]=.02; comparative fit index [CFI]=.99; χ25=8.06, P=.15). The CPFS showed good fit to the Rasch model (χ 224=42.025, P=.01, PSI=.642), unidimensionality (binomial 95% CI –.005 to .045), and item local independency. Conclusions Our results suggest that the CPFS has moderate reliability and internal consistency and it is composed of a single dimension. It is a useful tool to ascertain the level of pandemic fatigue in the general population, which may help to guide the communication and information strategies to face the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- Nacional Center of Tropical Diseases, Carlos III Health Institute, Madrid, Spain
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- School of Medicine, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain
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- Department of Statistics, Carlos III University, Getafe, Spain
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- National Epidemiology Center, Carlos III Health Institute, Madrid, Spain
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Mao B, Jia X, Huang Q. How do information overload and message fatigue reduce information processing in the era of COVID-19? An ability–motivation approach. J Inf Sci 2022. [PMCID: PMC9444816 DOI: 10.1177/01655515221118047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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The global outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020 has led to the dominance of COVID-19 prevention information on all media channels. Drawing on the ability–motivation model of information processing, this study examined how such an information overabundance hampered individuals’ ability and motivation to process in the era of COVID-19. With a survey conducted from 493 participants, we found that less message elaboration of COVID-19 prevention information was predicted by greater message fatigue, a state of low motivation due to information overabundance. In addition, greater message fatigue was accompanied by greater information overload, a state of low ability due to information overabundance. Moreover, certain motivation-related (i.e. health status, trait reactance and frequency of information seeking) and ability–related factors (i.e. health literacy, health status, trait anxiety and information quality) were found to be associated with message fatigue and information overload, respectively. The theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
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- Bingjing Mao
- Department of Communication Studies, University of Miami, USA
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- Department of Communication Studies, University of Miami, USA
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- Department of Interdisciplinary and Communication Studies, Miami University, USA
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Zhang TH, Tham JS, Waheed M, Kim JN, Jeong JS, Chang PK, Ahmad AM. Pathway linking health information behaviors to mental health condition during the COVID-19 infodemic: A moderated mediation analysis. Front Public Health 2022; 10:924331. [PMID: 36106161 PMCID: PMC9464915 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.924331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2022] [Accepted: 08/01/2022] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Background The COVID-19 outbreak is no longer a pure epidemiological concern but a true digital infodemic. Numerous conflicting information and misinformation occupy online platforms and specifically social media. While we have lived in an infodemic environment for more than 2 years, we are more prone to feel overwhelmed by the information and suffer from long-term mental health problems. However, limited research has concentrated on the cause of these threats, particularly in terms of information processing and the context of infodemic. Objective This study proposed and tested moderated mediation pathways from two types of health information behaviors (social media engagement and interpersonal communication) on information overload and mental health symptoms-long-term stress. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional online survey between May and June of 2021 among the Malaysian public. The final sample size was 676 (N = 676). A conceptual model was built to guide the data analysis. We conducted structural equation modeling (SEM), moderation and mediation analyses to examine each direct pathway, moderating and mediating effects. Results According to the pathway analysis, we found that, during the infodemic period, engaging COVID-19 information on social media positively associated with information overload, but interpersonal communication was negatively related to it. As the proximal outcome, there was also a positive association between information overload and the final outcome, perceived stress. The moderation analysis only reported one significant interaction: risk perception weakened the association between social media engagement and information overload. A conditional indirect effect was demonstrated and the indirect associated between social media engagement and perceived stress mediated through information overload was further moderated by COVID-19 risk perception. Conclusion This research offers new grounds for understanding health information behaviors and their consequences in the COVID-19 infodemic. We particularly highlighted the distinct functions of health information behaviors in causing information overload, as well as the importance of personal health belief in this process. Our proposed model contributes to the strategies of developing health messaging strategies that may be utilized by public health researchers and health educators in the future.
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- Thomas Hongjie Zhang
- Department of Communication, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Seri Kembangan, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Communication, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Seri Kembangan, Selangor, Malaysia,*Correspondence: Jen Sern Tham
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- Department of Communication, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Seri Kembangan, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, United States
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- Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan, South Korea
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- School of Media and Communication, Taylor's University, Subang Jaya, Malaysia
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Gao X, Ding F, Ai T. What Drives Elderly People in China Away from COVID-19 Information? INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:ijerph19159509. [PMID: 35954864 PMCID: PMC9368132 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19159509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2022] [Revised: 07/20/2022] [Accepted: 07/25/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Background: A worrying phenomenon has emerged in recent years: a growing number of people have stopped seeking coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) information and have started deliberately avoiding it. Even though the virulence of COVID-19 has now weakened, the proportion of severe illnesses and deaths in elderly people is still much higher than in other age groups. However, no study has focused on this topic. This is the first study to explore the level of COVID-19 information avoidance among elderly people, and to identify the barriers and potential factors associated therewith. Methods: Convenience sampling was used to recruit 907 elderly people in Wuhan, China. Data collection measures included a sociodemographic questionnaire, health information avoidance scale, information overload scale, general self-efficacy scale, and health anxiety inventory. Results: A total of 72.3% of elderly participants reported COVID-19 information avoidance. Regarding COVID-19-related information reading habits, 44.5% of the elderly only read the title, 16.0% merely skimmed through the content, and 22.9% skipped all relevant information. The most common reasons for this result were information overload (67.5%), underestimation of the infection risk (58.1%), and uselessness of information (56.4%). The main factors associated with COVID-19 information avoidance were recorded as information overload, age, health anxiety, and children (p < 0.05). Conclusions: China should strengthen its health communication regarding COVID-19 in accordance with the characteristics of elderly people, adopt more attractive publicity methods on traditional media, improve censorship about health information, and pay more attention to the childless elderly and the elderly aged 80 and above.
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- Xudong Gao
- Department of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Science, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan 430023, China;
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- Library and Information Science, School of Information Management, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
- Correspondence:
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- Psychological Counseling Center, College of Medicine and Health Science, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan 430023, China;
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Zibarzani M, Abumalloh RA, Nilashi M, Samad S, Alghamdi OA, Nayer FK, Ismail MY, Mohd S, Mohammed Akib NA. Customer satisfaction with Restaurants Service Quality during COVID-19 outbreak: A two-stage methodology. TECHNOLOGY IN SOCIETY 2022; 70:101977. [PMID: 36187884 PMCID: PMC9513347 DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2022.101977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2021] [Revised: 03/26/2022] [Accepted: 04/26/2022] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Online reviews have been used effectively to understand customers' satisfaction and preferences. COVID-19 crisis has significantly impacted customers' satisfaction in several sectors such as tourism and hospitality. Although several research studies have been carried out to analyze consumers' satisfaction using survey-based methodologies, consumers' satisfaction has not been well explored in the event of the COVID-19 crisis, especially using available data in social network sites. In this research, we aim to explore consumers' satisfaction and preferences of restaurants' services during the COVID-19 crisis. Furthermore, we investigate the moderating impact of COVID-19 safety precautions on restaurants' quality dimensions and satisfaction. We applied a new approach to achieve the objectives of this research. We first developed a hybrid approach using clustering, supervised learning, and text mining techniques. Learning Vector Quantization (LVQ) was used to cluster customers' preferences. To predict travelers' preferences, decision trees were applied to each segment of LVQ. We used a text mining technique; Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA), for textual data analysis to discover the satisfaction criteria from online customers' reviews. After analyzing the data using machine learning techniques, a theoretical model was developed to inspect the relationships between the restaurants' quality factors and customers' satisfaction. In this stage, Partial Least Squares (PLS) technique was employed. We evaluated the proposed approach using a dataset collected from the TripAdvisor platform. The outcomes of the two-stage methodology were discussed and future research directions were suggested according to the limitations of this study.
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- Masoumeh Zibarzani
- Department of Management, Faculty of Social Sciences and Economics, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran
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- Computer Department, Community College, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box. 1982, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
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- Centre for Global Sustainability Studies (CGSS), Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800, Penang, Malaysia
- UCSI Graduate Business School, UCSI University, No. 1 Jalan Menara Gading, UCSI Heights, 56000, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Business Administration, College of Business and Administration, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Business Administration Dept., Applied College, Najran University, Najran, Saudi Arabia
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- Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics (AIDA) Research Lab, College of Computer and Information Sciences, Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia
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- Centre for Global Sustainability Studies (CGSS), Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800, Penang, Malaysia
- School of Social Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800, Penang, Malaysia
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Ding Q, Gu Y, Zhang G, Li X, Zhao Q, Gu D, Yang X, Wang X. What Causes Health Information Avoidance Behavior under Normalized COVID-19 Pandemic? A Research from Fuzzy Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis. Healthcare (Basel) 2022; 10:healthcare10081381. [PMID: 35893203 PMCID: PMC9331662 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare10081381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2022] [Revised: 07/20/2022] [Accepted: 07/20/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Affected by the normalization of the COVID-19 pandemic, people’s lives are subject to many restrictions, and they are under enormous psychological and physical pressure. In this situation, health information may be a burden and cause of anxiety for people; thus, the refusal of health information occurs frequently. Health-information-avoidance behavior has produced potential impacts and harms on people’s lives. Based on more than 120,000 words of textual data obtained from semi-structured interviews, summarizing a case collection of 55 events, this paper explores the factors and how they combine to lead to avoidance of health information. First, the influencing factors are constructed according to the existing research, and then the fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) method is used to discover the configuration relationship of health-information-avoidance behavior. The results show that the occurrence of health-information avoidance is not the result of a single factor but the result of a configuration of health-information literacy, negative emotions, perceived information, health-information presentation, cross-platform distribution, and the network information environment. These findings provide inspiration for reducing the adverse consequences of avoiding health information and improving the construction of health-information service systems.
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- Qingxiu Ding
- School of Management, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China; (Q.D.); (G.Z.); (X.L.); (X.Y.)
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- Mental Health Education and Counseling Center, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China;
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- School of Management, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China; (Q.D.); (G.Z.); (X.L.); (X.Y.)
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- School of Management, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China; (Q.D.); (G.Z.); (X.L.); (X.Y.)
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- School of Foreign Studies, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China;
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- School of Management, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China; (Q.D.); (G.Z.); (X.L.); (X.Y.)
- Correspondence: (D.G.); (X.W.)
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- School of Management, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China; (Q.D.); (G.Z.); (X.L.); (X.Y.)
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- The Department of Pharmacy of the 1st Affiliated Hospital, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei 230031, China
- Correspondence: (D.G.); (X.W.)
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Restaurant hygiene attributes and consumers’ fear of COVID-19: Does psychological distress matter? JOURNAL OF RETAILING AND CONSUMER SERVICES 2022; 67. [PMCID: PMC8915816 DOI: 10.1016/j.jretconser.2022.102972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Restaurant unhygienic affairs have concerned consumers and policy makers alike since the onset of COVID-19 pandemic. The current study incorporates restaurant hygiene attributes—consumers-use spaces, personal hygiene of staff, workplace hygiene— and their association with consumers’ fear of COVID-19 (CFC). Moreover, how CFC educes consumers’ psychological distress (CSD) and the consequent behavioral reactions—preventive behavior (PB) and revisit intention (RI)— has been examined. Furthermore, perceived vulnerability (PV) employed as a moderator between hygiene attributes and CFC. Data collected from 407 respondents via Chinese online platform was analyzed in SPSS 25.0 and AMOS 24.0. Results showed significant association between hygiene attributes and CFC. Similarly, CFC significantly engenders CSD, which consequently effects PB. Contrarily to our hypothesis, CSD positively developed RI. Lastly, PV moderated the relationships between antecedents and CFC. Findings add to the literature of health management, consumer psychology, and service management with practical relevance, followed by limitations and potential future avenues.
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Hastall MR, Scherenberg V. Widerstände gegen Präventionsmaßnahmen während der COVID-19-Pandemie: Ursachen und Strategien für ihre Minimierung. PRÄVENTION UND GESUNDHEITSFÖRDERUNG 2022. [PMCID: PMC9208250 DOI: 10.1007/s11553-022-00960-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/29/2022]
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Zusammenfassung
Hintergrund
Während der COVID-19-Pandemie („coronavirus disease 2019“) kam es immer wieder zu Widerständen gegenüber nachweislich wirksamen Präventionsmaßnahmen. Eine solche durch Verärgerung und negativen Kognitionen gekennzeichnete „Reaktanz“ erleben Menschen (gemäß der psychologischen Reaktanztheorie) bei einer wahrgenommenen Bedrohung subjektiv wichtiger Freiheiten oder wahrgenommenen Versuchen, ihre Einstellungen oder ihr Verhalten zu ändern.
Fragestellung
Der vorliegende Beitrag beleuchtet die Rolle defensiver Prozesse im Kontext der COVID-19-Pandemie aus der Perspektive einer evidenzbasierten und abwehrsensiblen Risiko- und Krisenkommunikation. Nach einem Überblick über wesentliche Auslöser und Ausprägungen werden Möglichkeiten zur Minimierung von Abwehr diskutiert.
Ergebnis
Widerstände sind in einem gewissen Umfang immer zu erwarten, lassen sich aber durch bestimmte formale und inhaltliche Gestaltungen der Informationen minimieren. Hierzu zählen beispielsweise eine professionelle Anmutung, eine respektvoll wertschätzende und stigmasensible Grundhaltung, eine positive und selbstwirksamkeitsstärkende Ansprache sowie eine Vermeidung emotional überfordernder Informationen wie z. B. stark negative emotionale Appelle oder starkes Verlust-Framing.
Schlussfolgerung
Akteure sollten müssen sich darüber im Klaren darüber sein, dass Abwehrmechanismen durch die Kommunikation sowohl gefördert als auch reduziert werden können. Sie sollten wesentliche Auslöser hierfür kennen und durch eine konsistente, verständliche und adressatengerechte Kommunikation dazu beitragen, Unsicherheiten, Widerstände und Irritationen zu vermeiden.
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Sun H, Li J, Cheng Y, Pan X, Shen L, Hua W. Developing a framework for understanding health information behavior change from avoidance to acquisition: a grounded theory exploration. BMC Public Health 2022; 22:1115. [PMID: 35658937 PMCID: PMC9166210 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-022-13522-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2021] [Accepted: 05/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Health information avoidance is common in real life, but because it is not always conducive to health promotion and maintenance, people often actively switch to health information acquisition. Understanding this process of active change can facilitate intervention in unreasonable avoidance behaviors. However, studies so far have mostly focused on why and how avoidance takes place, little is known about the process of active change from avoidance to acquisition. We thus use a grounded theory approach (GT) to explore how the active change takes place, and to generate a grounded theoretical framework capable of illustrating stages and influencing factors involved in the active change process. METHODS Straussian grounded theory (Corbin & Strauss, 2015) was used to analyze data collected through semi-structured interviews with 30 adults (14 in good health, 11 with disease, 5 in other health status) who had experienced health information behavior change from avoidance to acquisition. These interviews focused on how the change occurred and what effected the change. RESULTS The core category of Health Information Avoidance Change and 12 categories were identified and integrated to form a theoretical framework termed the Health Information Avoidance Change Model (HIACM). This model describes the process using five non-linear stage variables (initiation, preparation, action, maintenance, and abandonment) and seven moderating factor variables (cognitive change, social stimulus, beliefs and attitudes, intrapsychic literacy, social resources, information source, time and material resources). CONCLUSIONS HIACM can be used to explain the process of active change from health information avoidance to health information acquisition. HIAC is a non-linear and holistic process, and it is necessary to dynamically analyze the impact of relevant factors and take targeted intervention measures in stages. HIAC is usually not only an individual behavior, but also a socialized behavior requiring the collaboration of individuals, families, health information providers, healthcare providers, and governments.
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- Haixia Sun
- Institute of Medical Information & Library, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences / Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Medical Information & Library, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences / Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- School of Information Management, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- School of Information Management, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Medical Information & Library, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences / Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- School of Information Management, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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Zhai S, Li YJ, Chi M. The Impact of Government Social Media Information Quality on Public Panic During the Infodemic. Front Psychol 2022; 13:908213. [PMID: 35645859 PMCID: PMC9135972 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.908213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2022] [Accepted: 04/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The COVID-19 pandemic triggered the first global “Infodemic” in the era of social media. Understanding how governments deal with the negative impacts of the infodemic (e.g., public panic) has become a priority. This paper uses the theoretical framework of the Elaboration Likelihood Model (ELM) to explore mechanisms for alleviating panic associated with the infodemic. It considers, in particular, the quality of information circulated on Government Social Media (GSM) as the central route and local government trust as the peripheral route. An empirical study was conducted using data from a focus group interview and a questionnaire survey collected within the first three weeks following the citywide lockdown of Wuhan, China. The results show that as: (1) Quality of GSM information does not significantly reduce public panic, but local government trust significantly increases people’s pandemic prevention knowledge; (2) Pandemic prevention knowledge is a critical mediator between information quality of GSM and public panic, as well as local government trust and public panic; and (3) Information quality of GSM significantly increases people’s trust in local governments. This paper contributes to the literature on infodemic and government social media and provides implications for practice.
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- Shanshan Zhai
- School of Information Management, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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- Sawyer Business School, Suffolk University, Boston, MA, United States
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- Institute of Digital Commerce, Wuhan Technology and Business University, Wuhan, China
- *Correspondence: Maomao Chi,
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