Sources of COVID-19 Information Seeking and their Associations with Self-Perceived Mental Health among Canadians
Using two datasets from the Canadian Perspectives Survey Series (CPSS), this study provides a longitudinal analysis of information sources Canadians consulted regarding COVID-19, and their associations with poor self-perceived mental health (SPMH) during March and July 2020. Nearly 20% of Canadians...
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| description | Using two datasets from the Canadian Perspectives Survey Series (CPSS), this study provides a longitudinal analysis of information sources Canadians consulted regarding COVID-19, and their associations with poor self-perceived mental health (SPMH) during March and July 2020. Nearly 20% of Canadians reported poor SPMH. The logistic regression results revealed that at Time 2 (July 2020), after controlling for demographic, socio-economic, and psycho-behavioural factors, using social media was significantly associated with higher odds of poor SPMH than using six other information sources including news outlets, federal health agencies, provincial health agencies, provincial daily announcements, places of employment, and other sources (for example, schools, colleges, universities). Checking the accuracy of online information more frequently was also associated with lower odds of poor SPMH. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4fb41db9daf5474cb6f7c4e89d2cafc22023-09-02T10:48:31ZengEast Carolina UniversityThe International Journal of Information, Diversity, & Inclusion2574-34302021-09-015310.33137/ijidi.v5i3.36193Sources of COVID-19 Information Seeking and their Associations with Self-Perceived Mental Health among CanadiansYanli Li0Wilfrid Laurier UniversityUsing two datasets from the Canadian Perspectives Survey Series (CPSS), this study provides a longitudinal analysis of information sources Canadians consulted regarding COVID-19, and their associations with poor self-perceived mental health (SPMH) during March and July 2020. Nearly 20% of Canadians reported poor SPMH. The logistic regression results revealed that at Time 2 (July 2020), after controlling for demographic, socio-economic, and psycho-behavioural factors, using social media was significantly associated with higher odds of poor SPMH than using six other information sources including news outlets, federal health agencies, provincial health agencies, provincial daily announcements, places of employment, and other sources (for example, schools, colleges, universities). Checking the accuracy of online information more frequently was also associated with lower odds of poor SPMH.https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/ijidi/article/view/36193information sourcesCOVID-19self-perceived mental healthsocial media |
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| title | Sources of COVID-19 Information Seeking and their Associations with Self-Perceived Mental Health among Canadians |
| title_full | Sources of COVID-19 Information Seeking and their Associations with Self-Perceived Mental Health among Canadians |
| title_fullStr | Sources of COVID-19 Information Seeking and their Associations with Self-Perceived Mental Health among Canadians |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sources of COVID-19 Information Seeking and their Associations with Self-Perceived Mental Health among Canadians |
| title_short | Sources of COVID-19 Information Seeking and their Associations with Self-Perceived Mental Health among Canadians |
| title_sort | sources of covid 19 information seeking and their associations with self perceived mental health among canadians |
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