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KMID : 1151020230510020005
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Mental Health & Social Work
2023 Volume.51 No. 2 p.5 ~ p.28
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Mediating Effects of COVID-19 Risk Perception on the Associations Among eHealth Literacy, COVID-19 Related Anxiety, and COVID-19 Preventive Behaviors in Middle-aged and Older Adults in Seoul : Multigroup Path Analysis Across Age Groups
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Park So-Young
Chung Soon-Dool
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to identify the mediating effects of COVID-19 risk perception on the associations among eHealth literacy, COVID-19 related anxiety, and COVID-19 preventive behaviors in middle-aged and older adults and to analyze whether these associations differed between the two age groups. A total of 1,400 middle-aged and older adults were recruited through a 2020 survey and the data were analyzed by using multigroup path analysis method. Findings demonstrated the age group differences in the effects of eHealth literacy and COVID-19 related anxiety on COVID-19 risk perception and COVID-19 preventive behaviors. Also, the mediating effects of COVID-19 risk perception on the associations among eHealth literacy, COVID-19 related anxiety, COVID-19 preventive behaviors were statistically significant for only middle-aged adults. We discussed response measures for enhancing risk perception and preventive behaviors in a national crisis caused by an emerging infectious disease such as COVID-19.
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KEYWORD
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COVID-19, Risk Perception, eHealth Literacy, Anxiety, Preventive Behaviors
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