Health Information Seeking versus Avoiding
How Do College Students Respond to Stress-related Information
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15329464 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Weijia Shi (0009-0009-8651-2296, Doctoral Student, Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN;, Email: [email protected], corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 437-448 |
| Publication date | 2019-02-27 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Health Behavior (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1087-3244 • E-ISSN: 1945-7359 |
| Publisher | PNG Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.5993/ajhb.43.2.18 |
| PMID | 30808481 |
| OpenAlex | W2581719438 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
Objectives: Given the prevalence of stress among young adults and its impact on overall health, it is important to understand how college students respond to stress and stress management messages and which factors influence subsequent health information engagement. Methods: In the current study, I used an experimental design to test whether the variables of risk percep tion, response efficacy, and source credibility can exert an impact on a convenient sample of undergraduate students at a large Midwestern public university in the health context of stress and stress management. Results: Both risk perception and response efficacy were positively associated with health information seeking and negatively associated with health information avoiding, but only risk perception had a strong and statistically significant influence on information engagement. I found no statistically significant interaction between risk perception and response efficacy or moderating effects of source credibility. Conclusions: This study provides empirical support for the claim that stress-related risk perception can influence young adults' information engagement significantly. Health communication strategists addressing the issue of stress among college students should consider eliciting risk perception
Context (archaeology · Credibility · Developmental psychology · Information seeking · Perception · Political science · Public health · Risk perception · Source credibility · Stress (linguistics · Stress management · Test (biology · Young adult · Applied Psychology · Clinical Psychology · Media Influence and Health · Medicine · Mental Health via Writing · Misinformation and Its Impacts · Nursing · Psychology · Social Psychology
Clarifying the Relationship Between Information Seeking and Avoidance
Predicting Health Information Avoidance Intentions and Behaviors
An exploratory study of information re-finding behaviour modes of Chinese college students on social media
Disentangling the Effects of Cognitive, Affective, and Sociocultural Factors on Risk Information Avoidance
Assessing the Impact of Covid-19 on Social Work Students
Covid-19 and perceived risk
Individual Stress, Contextual Stress, and Network Attributes on Cyberbullying Perpetration Among Young Adults During the Covid-19 Lockdown
| Citations per year | 2.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |