HEALTH-RELATED ONLINE INFORMATION SEEKING AND BEHAVIORAL OUTCOMES: FATALISM AND SELF-EFFICACY AS MEDIATORS

被引：23

作者：

Go, Eun ^{[1
]}

You, Kyung Han ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Western Illinois Univ, Dept Broadcasting & Journalism, Macomb, IL 61455 USA

[2] Hankuk Univ Foreign Studies, Minerva Coll, Seoul, South Korea

来源：

SOCIAL BEHAVIOR AND PERSONALITY | 2018年 / 46卷 / 05期

基金：

新加坡国家研究基金会;

关键词：

cancer information seeking on the Internet; fatalistic belief; self-efficacy; cancer-preventative behavior; VEGETABLE CONSUMPTION; CANCER PREVENTION; INTERNET USE; DISPARITIES; ATTITUDES; BELIEFS; ANXIETY; FRUIT;

D O I：

10.2224/sbp.6501

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学];

学科分类号：

04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

We explored the mediation effect of cognitive factors on the relationship between cancer-related online information seeking and cancer-preventative behaviors. Using data obtained from the National Cancer Institute's 2013 Health Information National Trends Survey (N = 2,896), we performed structural equation modeling and demonstrated that online information seeking about cancer did not decrease users' cancer fatalism; however it elevated users' level of self-efficacy. Moreover, the findings show that cancer-related information seeking indirectly influenced cancer-preventative behaviors via self-efficacy, and individuals' level of self-efficacy significantly mediated the association between fatalistic beliefs and cancer-preventative behaviors. The results call for attention to cognitive mediators in explaining the relationship between online information seeking and related behaviors.

引用

页码：871 / 879

页数：9