How dispositional optimism–pessimism relates to early adolescents’ emotional maladjustment during COVID-19? Moderating roles of knowledge about the disease and parent-child conflicts

Frontiers in Psychiatry, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 16

Published: Feb. 20, 2025

The COVID-19 pandemic and associated containment measures changed the daily lives of children adolescents around world. To investigate individual differences in emotional maladjustment under pandemic, this study focused on roles dispositional optimism-pessimism, knowledge about disease, conflicts with parents among Chinese early adolescents. edge participants were 2,958 aged 10 to 14 years old who completed online questionnaires during pandemic. While higher pessimism lower optimism both led increased maladjustment, made a greater contribution. Knowledge disease parent-child risk factors for adolescents' yet interacted different factors. More intensified effect pessimism, more parent-conflict undermined optimism. Our findings provide directions future aid adolescence hard periods depending one's personality.

Language: Английский

Social media heterogeneity and preventive behaviours during the COVID-19 outbreak: a survey on online shopping

BMC Public Health, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 24(1)

Published: April 29, 2024

Abstract Background Residents’ adoption of preventive behaviours proved beneficial in preventing the large-scale transmission virus during early stages COVID-19 outbreak. It is critical to investigate how social media triggers residents' behaviour decisions Methods This paper selected online shopping as a specific for empirical investigation. An cross-sectional survey was conducted through Sojump website from 1 15 March 2020, and total 1,289 valid questionnaires were collected China. uses multiple regression analysis heterogeneous impacts different information sources on willingness content transformation behaviour. Results The findings indicate that both official-media self-media positively promote behaviour, with having stronger promotional effect than self-media. Furthermore, can collaboratively ease-of-use usefulness significantly promoted willingness. Conclusions study analyses perspectives source differentiation differentiation, which enriches related studies provides feasible paths promoting behaviours.

Language: Английский

Examining the influence of community leaders and other community actors on immunisation practices in Australia: A national cross-sectional study

Vaccine, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 42(17), P. 3647 - 3654

Published: May 3, 2024

Variation in COVID-19 vaccination coverage and increasing vaccine hesitancy are well documented, especially amongst ethnic minority populations current channels of communication have been found to be inadequate. It has suggested that more done utilise community-led pathways improve readiness communities Australia. The study aimed explore receptiveness towards the role different actors methods about immunisation.

Language: Английский