| Autor: |
McLaughlin, Margaret, Frank, Lauren, Chung, Jae Eun, Pan, Shuya, Phua, Joe, Sen, Nupur, Wang, Hua |
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Conference Papers -- International Communication Association; 2009 Annual Meeting, p1-36, 36p, 3 Diagrams, 1 Chart |
| Abstrakt: |
This study applies a research model of health information seeking composed of a subset of intervening variables from Wilson's (1997) General Model of Information Behavior. We examine patients' purposive online health information search behaviors. An empirical study involving 101 subjects with a serious health condition was conducted to test this model. The results indicate that passive search is significantly influenced by perceived condition severity, and Internet self-efficacy has a strong effect on active search strategies. The proposed model provides a very good fit to the data. Implications for future research and health promotion practice are discussed. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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