Pathway linking health information behaviors to mental health condition during the COVID-19 infodemic: A moderated mediation analysis.

ABSTRACT:

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 stres

SUBMITTER: Zhang TH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9464915 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature