An exploration of determinants of cyberchondria : a moderated mediation analysis
Cyberchondria describes excessive or repeated health‐related information seeking on the Internet that is associated with increased emotional distress. Research on cyberchondria is still nascent. This study aims to propose a moderated mediation model to examine the relationships among intolerance of...
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| author | Zheng, Han Chen, Xiaoyu Fu, Shaoxiong |
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| description | Cyberchondria describes excessive or repeated health‐related information seeking on the Internet that is associated with increased emotional distress. Research on cyberchondria is still nascent. This study aims to propose a moderated mediation model to examine the relationships among intolerance of uncertainty, affective responses, e‐health literacy, and cyberchondria. Based on an online survey of 426 participants in China, the results suggest that intolerance of uncertainty is positively associated with cyberchondria, and affective responses partially mediate this association. Additionally, e‐health literacy negatively moderates the effect of affective responses on cyberchondria. Implications and limitations of this study are discussed. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1446282023-03-05T15:56:35Z An exploration of determinants of cyberchondria : a moderated mediation analysis Zheng, Han Chen, Xiaoyu Fu, Shaoxiong Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information 83rd Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science & Technology Nanjing Agricultural University Social sciences Online Health Information Seeking Cyberchondria Cyberchondria describes excessive or repeated health‐related information seeking on the Internet that is associated with increased emotional distress. Research on cyberchondria is still nascent. This study aims to propose a moderated mediation model to examine the relationships among intolerance of uncertainty, affective responses, e‐health literacy, and cyberchondria. Based on an online survey of 426 participants in China, the results suggest that intolerance of uncertainty is positively associated with cyberchondria, and affective responses partially mediate this association. Additionally, e‐health literacy negatively moderates the effect of affective responses on cyberchondria. Implications and limitations of this study are discussed. Accepted version 2020-11-16T06:19:27Z 2020-11-16T06:19:27Z 2020 Conference Paper Zheng, H., Chen, X., & Fu, S. (2020). An exploration of determinants of cyberchondria : a moderated mediation analysis. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 57(1), e214–. doi:10.1002/pra2.214 2373-9231 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/144628 57 e214 en © 2020 Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T). All rights reserved. This paper was published in Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology and is made available with permission of Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T). application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Social sciences Online Health Information Seeking Cyberchondria Zheng, Han Chen, Xiaoyu Fu, Shaoxiong An exploration of determinants of cyberchondria : a moderated mediation analysis |
| title | An exploration of determinants of cyberchondria : a moderated mediation analysis |
| title_full | An exploration of determinants of cyberchondria : a moderated mediation analysis |
| title_fullStr | An exploration of determinants of cyberchondria : a moderated mediation analysis |
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| title_short | An exploration of determinants of cyberchondria : a moderated mediation analysis |
| title_sort | exploration of determinants of cyberchondria a moderated mediation analysis |
| topic | Social sciences Online Health Information Seeking Cyberchondria |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/144628 |
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