Pan Wenjing, Liu Diyi, Fang Jie
Journalism Department, School of Journalism and Communication, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China.
Front Psychol. 2021 Mar 1;12:630268. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.630268. eCollection 2021.
This study examined factors including health-related anxiety, preexisting misinformation beliefs, and repeated exposure contributing to individuals' acceptance of health misinformation. Through a large-scale online survey, this study found that health-related anxiety was positively associated with health misinformation acceptance. Preexisting misinformation beliefs, as well as repeated exposure to health misinformation, were both positively associated with health misinformation acceptance. The results also showed that demographic variables were significantly associated with health misinformation acceptance. In general, females accepted more health misinformation compared to males. Participants' age was negatively associated with health misinformation acceptance. Participants' education level and income were both negatively associated with their acceptance of health misinformation.
本研究考察了包括与健康相关的焦虑、既有的错误信息信念以及反复接触等因素对个体接受健康错误信息的影响。通过大规模在线调查，本研究发现，与健康相关的焦虑与接受健康错误信息呈正相关。既有的错误信息信念以及反复接触健康错误信息均与接受健康错误信息呈正相关。结果还表明，人口统计学变量与接受健康错误信息显著相关。总体而言，女性比男性更容易接受健康错误信息。参与者的年龄与接受健康错误信息呈负相关。参与者的教育水平和收入均与他们接受健康错误信息呈负相关。
