COVID‐digital health literacy and subjective well‐being of students in Ghana: Mediation‐moderation analyses
Abstract Background Previous research has established a strong association between COVID‐19 digital health literacy (DHL) and subjective well‐being among several populations, including students. With the growing misinformation and heightened fear of COVID‐19 among persons with an underlying medical...
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| author | Frank Quansah Francis Ankomah Edmond K. Agormedah Richard S. K. Abieraba Medina Srem‐Sai John E. Hagan Jr. Orkan Okan Kevin Dadaczynski Thomas Schack |
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| description | Abstract Background Previous research has established a strong association between COVID‐19 digital health literacy (DHL) and subjective well‐being among several populations, including students. With the growing misinformation and heightened fear of COVID‐19 among persons with an underlying medical condition, several scholars have questioned the direct relationship between DHL and well‐being. This study assessed the moderating roles of information accuracy concerns and the existence of an underlying medical condition among students. Methods Using a cross‐sectional design, a multi‐stage sampling approach was used to select 1392 students from senior high schools in Northern Ghana who completed a questionnaire containing information on DHL, information accuracy, subjective well‐being, and underlying health condition, with reported internal consistency coefficients above 0.70. The data which was processed with SPSS version 25, was analyzed using correlation (Pearson and biserial), and Hayes' PROCESS for the moderation and mediation analyses. Results A significant positive relationship was found between (a) DHL and subjective well‐being, (b) DHL and information accuracy concerns, and (c) information accuracy concerns and subjective well‐being. However, the prevalence of underlying health condition was negatively associated with information accuracy, DHL, and subjective well‐being. Information accuracy concerns and the existence of an underlying medical condition significantly regulated the relationship between DHL and subjective well‐being. Conclusions Demonstrating satisfactory levels of DHL does not necessarily result in improved subjective well‐being. However, emphasis should be placed on whether individuals attach much importance to the accuracy of information retrieved as well as having or not an underlying health condition. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-37c3c8f1225f47a48fd216201fc377cb2023-07-26T04:31:46ZengWileyHealth Science Reports2398-88352022-11-0156n/an/a10.1002/hsr2.916COVID‐digital health literacy and subjective well‐being of students in Ghana: Mediation‐moderation analysesFrank Quansah0Francis Ankomah1Edmond K. Agormedah2Richard S. K. Abieraba3Medina Srem‐Sai4John E. Hagan Jr.5Orkan Okan6Kevin Dadaczynski7Thomas Schack8Department of Educational Foundations University of Education Winneba GhanaDepartment of Education and Psychology University of Cape Coast PMB Cape Coast GhanaDepartment of Business & Social Sciences Education University of Cape Coast PMB Cape Coast GhanaDepartment of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Sports University of Education Winneba GhanaDepartment of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Sports University of Education Winneba GhanaDepartment of Health, Physical Education and Recreation University of Cape Coast PMB Cape Coast GhanaDepartment of Sports and Health Science Technical University Munich Munich GermanyDepartment of Health Science Fulda University of Applied Sciences Fulda GermanyNeurocognition and Action‐Biomechanics‐Research Group, Faculty of Psychology and Sports Science Bielefeld University Bielefeld GermanyAbstract Background Previous research has established a strong association between COVID‐19 digital health literacy (DHL) and subjective well‐being among several populations, including students. With the growing misinformation and heightened fear of COVID‐19 among persons with an underlying medical condition, several scholars have questioned the direct relationship between DHL and well‐being. This study assessed the moderating roles of information accuracy concerns and the existence of an underlying medical condition among students. Methods Using a cross‐sectional design, a multi‐stage sampling approach was used to select 1392 students from senior high schools in Northern Ghana who completed a questionnaire containing information on DHL, information accuracy, subjective well‐being, and underlying health condition, with reported internal consistency coefficients above 0.70. The data which was processed with SPSS version 25, was analyzed using correlation (Pearson and biserial), and Hayes' PROCESS for the moderation and mediation analyses. Results A significant positive relationship was found between (a) DHL and subjective well‐being, (b) DHL and information accuracy concerns, and (c) information accuracy concerns and subjective well‐being. However, the prevalence of underlying health condition was negatively associated with information accuracy, DHL, and subjective well‐being. Information accuracy concerns and the existence of an underlying medical condition significantly regulated the relationship between DHL and subjective well‐being. Conclusions Demonstrating satisfactory levels of DHL does not necessarily result in improved subjective well‐being. However, emphasis should be placed on whether individuals attach much importance to the accuracy of information retrieved as well as having or not an underlying health condition.https://doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.916computer literacyCOVID‐19health literacyhealth statusinfodemicinformation seeking behaviour |
| spellingShingle | Frank Quansah Francis Ankomah Edmond K. Agormedah Richard S. K. Abieraba Medina Srem‐Sai John E. Hagan Jr. Orkan Okan Kevin Dadaczynski Thomas Schack COVID‐digital health literacy and subjective well‐being of students in Ghana: Mediation‐moderation analyses Health Science Reports computer literacy COVID‐19 health literacy health status infodemic information seeking behaviour |
| title | COVID‐digital health literacy and subjective well‐being of students in Ghana: Mediation‐moderation analyses |
| title_full | COVID‐digital health literacy and subjective well‐being of students in Ghana: Mediation‐moderation analyses |
| title_fullStr | COVID‐digital health literacy and subjective well‐being of students in Ghana: Mediation‐moderation analyses |
| title_full_unstemmed | COVID‐digital health literacy and subjective well‐being of students in Ghana: Mediation‐moderation analyses |
| title_short | COVID‐digital health literacy and subjective well‐being of students in Ghana: Mediation‐moderation analyses |
| title_sort | covid digital health literacy and subjective well being of students in ghana mediation moderation analyses |
| topic | computer literacy COVID‐19 health literacy health status infodemic information seeking behaviour |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.916 |
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