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BRITISH JOURNAL OF HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
卷 25, 期 4, 页码 865-874出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/bjhp.12427
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COVID-19; depression; mainstream media; risk perception
Objective The mainstream media tend to rely on news content that will increase risk perceptions of pandemic outbreaks to stimulate public response and persuade people to comply with preventive behaviours. The objective of this study was to examine associations between exposure to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) news, risk perceptions, and depressive symptoms. Methods Cross-sectional data were collected from 501 participants who were >= 18 years. Exposure to COVID-19 news was assessed as our exposure variable. We screened for depression (outcome variable) with the Patient Health Questionnaire and examined the roles of risk perceptions. Multiple linear regressions and mediation analysis with 1000 bootstrap resamples were conducted. Results Participants were 55.29% female, 67.86% White with mean age 32.44 +/- 11.94 years. After controlling for sociodemographic and socio-economic factors, news exposure was positively associated with depressive symptoms beta = .11; 95% confidence interval (95%CI) = 0.02-0.20. Mediation analysis showed that perceived vulnerability to COVID-19 mediated 34.4% of this relationship (beta = .04; 95%CI = 0.01-0.06). Conclusion Perceived vulnerability to COVID-19 can serve as a pathway through which exposure to COVID-19 news on mainstream media may be associated with depressive symptoms. Based on our findings, we offered recommendations for media-health partnership, practice, and research.
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