Moderation modelling of COVID-19 digital health literacy and sense of coherence across subjective social class and age among university students in Ghana.

Autor: Amoako I; Department of Education, Atebubu College of Education, Bono East, Ghana.; Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, Akenten Appiah-Minka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development, P. O. Box 1277, Kumasi, Ghana., Srem-Sai M; Department of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Sports, University of Education, P. O. Box 25, Winneba, Ghana., Quansah F; Department of Educational Foundations, University of Education, P. O. Box 25, Winneba, Ghana., Anin S; Department of Industrial and Health Sciences, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Takoradi Technical University, P.O. Box 256, Takoradi, WS000, Ghana., Agormedah EK; Department of Business & Social Sciences Education, University of Cape Coast, PMB, Cape Coast, Ghana. edmond.agormedah@ucc.edu.gh., Hagan Jnr JE; Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, University of Cape Coast, PMB, Cape Coast, Ghana.; Neurocognition and Action-Biomechanics-Research Group, Faculty of Psychology and Sports Science, Bielefeld University, Postfach 10 01 31, 33501, Bielefeld, Germany.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: BMC psychology [BMC Psychol] 2023 Oct 16; Vol. 11 (1), pp. 337. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Oct 16.
DOI: 10.1186/s40359-023-01334-9
Abstrakt: Background: The study assessed the moderation modelling of digital health literacy and sense of coherence across subjective social class and age among university students in Ghana during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods: A total of 1160 students were conveniently sampled from two universities namely, the University of Education, Winneba and University of Cape Coast, using the descriptive cross-sectional survey design. Preliminary analysis was performed using descriptive statistics, whilst multivariate multiple regression and moderation analyses (Haye's Model) were employed to analyze the main data.
Results: The study revealed that COVID-19 digital health literacy is directly and positively associated with sense of coherence among university students. Further, higher subjective social class positively and strongly moderated the relationship between COVID-19 digital health literacy and sense of coherence among university students. Additionally, the relationship between COVID-19 digital health literacy and sense of coherence was indirectly prominent among relatively older university students than younger ones.
Conclusions: The findings have implications for university management/authorities and public health agencies to organize effective orientation and self-management training programmes for university students.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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