Xu Cheng, Yan Wenhua
School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.
Shanghai Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Psychological Crisis Intervention, School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.
Curr Psychol. 2022 Jun 6:1-18. doi: 10.1007/s12144-022-03289-3.
This study aimed to examine the relationship between information overload and individual state anxiety in the period of regular epidemic prevention and control and mediating effect of risk perception and positive coping styles. Further, we explored the moderating role of resilience. 847 Chinese participated in and completed measures of information overload, risk perception, positive coping styles, state anxiety, and resilience. The results of the analysis showed that information overload significantly predicted the level of individual state anxiety (β = 0.27, < 0.001). Risk perception partially mediate the relationship between information overload and state anxiety (B = 0.08, 95%CI = [0.05, 0.11]) and positive coping styles also partially mediate the relationship between information overload and state anxiety(B = -0.14, 95%CI = [-0.18, -0.10]). In addition, resilience moderated the mediating effects of risk perception (β = -0.07, < 0.05) and positive coping styles (β = -0.19, < 0.001). Resilience also moderated the effect of information overload on state anxiety (β = -0.13, < 0.001). These results offer positive significance for understanding the internal mechanism of the influence of information overload on individual state anxiety in the epidemic environment and shed light on how to reduce people's state anxiety during an epidemic.
本研究旨在探讨常态化疫情防控期间信息过载与个体状态焦虑之间的关系，以及风险感知和积极应对方式的中介作用。此外，我们还探讨了心理韧性的调节作用。847名中国人参与并完成了信息过载、风险感知、积极应对方式、状态焦虑和心理韧性的测量。分析结果表明，信息过载显著预测个体状态焦虑水平（β = 0.27，p < 0.001）。风险感知部分中介信息过载与状态焦虑之间的关系（B = 0.08，95%CI = [0.05, 0.11]），积极应对方式也部分中介信息过载与状态焦虑之间的关系（B = -0.14，95%CI = [-0.18, -0.10]）。此外，心理韧性调节风险感知（β = -0.07，p < 0.05）和积极应对方式（β = -0.19，p < 0.001）的中介作用。心理韧性还调节信息过载对状态焦虑的影响（β = -0.13，p < 0.001）。这些结果对于理解疫情环境下信息过载对个体状态焦虑影响的内在机制具有积极意义，并为如何在疫情期间降低人们的状态焦虑提供了启示。
