Abstract
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.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 871-879 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Social Behavior and Personality |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2018 |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
Keywords
- Cancer information seeking on the Internet
- Cancer-preventative behavior
- Fatalistic belief
- Self-efficacy
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