Family E-Chat Group Use Was Associated with Family Wellbeing and Personal Happiness in Hong Kong Adults amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic
| Autor: | Tai Hing Lam, Sai Yin Ho, Bonny Yee-Man Wong, Man Ping Wang, Wei-Jie Gong, Agnes Y.K. Lai, Sheng Zhi Zhao |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Adult
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis media_common.quotation_subject Happiness Article instant messaging family communication Pandemic Humans Quality (business) Instant messaging information and communication technology family wellbeing Pandemics media_common Aged Text Messaging Mediation (Marxist theory and media studies) SARS-CoV-2 Social distance Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health family e-chat group COVID-19 personal happiness Information and Communications Technology Medicine Hong Kong Female Psychology Social psychology |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Volume 18 Issue 17 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 9139, p 9139 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 1660-4601 1661-7827 |
| Popis: | Instant messaging (IM) is increasingly used for family communication amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. However, evidence remains scarce on how family e-chat groups were used and their associations with family and individual wellbeing amidst the pandemic. The numbers of family e-chat groups, functions used, and messages sent and received daily in groups were reported by 4890 adults in May 2020, and their associations with family wellbeing and personal happiness and the mediation effect of family communication quality were examined. Results showed that sending/receiving text messages was most commonly used, followed by receiving/sending photos/pictures, making voice calls, receiving/sending short videos and voice messages, and making video calls. Women and older people used more non-text functions. Higher levels of family wellbeing and personal happiness were associated with having more groups, receiving/sending photos/pictures, video calls, more IM functions used, and more IM messages received/sent daily. Forty-six point two to seventy-five point five percent of their associations with more groups and more functions used were mediated by family communication quality. People having more family e-chat groups and using more IM functions may be more resilient amidst the pandemic, while those without or with low use of family e-chat groups amidst the pandemic would need more attention and assistance in the presence of social distancing. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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