Association of family wellbeing with forwarding and verifying COVID-19-related information, and mediation of family communication quality.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We assessed the associations of family wellbeing with verifying and subsequently forwarding COVID-19-related information to family members and the mediating effect of the quality of family communication on these associations among Chinese adults in Hong Kong.

Methods

Under the Jockey Club SMART Family-Link Project, we conducted an online population-based survey, using Family wellbeing Scale and questions related to the family communication quality and forwarding and verifying COVID-19 information. Data were collected from 4,891 adults in May 2020. Prevalence estimates of forwarding and verifying COVID-19 information were weighted by sex, age, and education of the general population, and their associations with family wellbeing (ranged 0-10) were analyzed using gene

SUBMITTER: Wong BY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9428309 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature