Information Behavior in COVID-19 Prevention: Does Anxiety among Indonesian Mothers Have an Effect?

Q3 Social Sciences

Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI:10.1633/JISTaP.2022.10.4.3

Nadia Zahara, Z. Hidayat

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Abstract

The pandemic of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has contributed more challenges for mothers as the family’s primary caregiver in overcoming the widespread infection. Pandemic-related information is essential for mothers to reduce uncertainty as well as to maintain the health of family members during this unprecedented situation. Adopting the framework of the Situational Theory of Problem Solving, this study extends the theory by, first, testing the mediating role of COVID-19 anxiety on mothers’ information seeking and information forwarding, referred to as active communication action of problem solving, as well as preventive behavior; and second, by predicting the effect of information seeking on preventive behavior. Referring to an online survey from 371 Indonesian mothers, the findings suggest that in terms of direct effect, only problem recognition was found to have no significant effect on situational motivation. The results suggest that Indonesian mothers perceive COVID-19 as personally relevant so that they are motivated to solve the problem by seeking and forwarding related information. In addition, COVID-19 anxiety was found to play a significant role in predicting information seeking, information forwarding, and preventive behavior. The result of this study is expected to give insights for risk communicators and health professionals in Indonesia in communicating COVID-19, particularly to mothers.

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COVID-19预防中的信息行为:印度尼西亚母亲的焦虑是否有影响?

新型冠状病毒病(COVID-19)大流行给作为家庭主要照顾者的母亲们带来了更多挑战。在这种前所未有的情况下，与大流行有关的信息对于母亲减少不确定性以及保持家庭成员的健康至关重要。本研究采用问题解决情境理论的框架，对该理论进行了延伸，首先检验了COVID-19焦虑对母亲信息寻求和信息转发(即问题解决的主动沟通行为)以及预防行为的中介作用;第二，通过预测信息寻求对预防行为的影响。通过对371位印尼母亲的在线调查，研究发现，在直接影响方面，只有问题认知对情境动机没有显著影响。结果表明，印度尼西亚母亲认为COVID-19与个人有关，因此她们有动力通过寻找和转发相关信息来解决问题。此外，新冠肺炎焦虑在预测信息寻找、信息转发和预防行为方面具有显著作用。这项研究的结果有望为印度尼西亚的风险传播者和卫生专业人员提供见解，特别是向母亲传播COVID-19。

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Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice Social Sciences-Library and Information Sciences

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1.10

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审稿时长

12 weeks

期刊介绍： The Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice (JISTaP) is an international journal that aims at publishing original studies, review papers and brief communications on information science theory and practice. The journal provides an international forum for practical as well as theoretical research in the interdisciplinary areas of information science, such as information processing and management, knowledge organization, scholarly communication and bibliometrics. To foster scholarly communication among researchers and practitioners of library and information science around the globe, JISTaP offers a no-fee open access publishing venue where a team of dedicated editors, reviewers and staff members volunteer their services to ensure rapid dissemination and communication of scholarly works that make significant contributions. In a modern society, where information production and consumption grow at an astronomical rate, the science of information management, organization, and analysis is invaluable in effective utilization of information. The key objective of the journal is to foster research that can contribute to advancements and innovations in the theory and practice of information and library science so as to promote timely application of the findings from scientific investigations to everyday life. Recognizing the importance of the global perspective with understanding of region-specific issues, JISTaP encourages submissions of manuscripts that discuss global implications of regional findings as well as regional implications of global findings.