Social Media and Women's Mental Health: The Roles of Information Acquisition in Mediating Appearance Anxiety

American Journal of Health Behavior, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 48(2), P. 207 - 217

Published: April 30, 2024

Objectives: With the rapid advancement of digital technology, use social media has become a significant characteristic contemporary society. In this context, continuous portrayal and emphasis on ideal beauty platforms have particularly intensified women's "appearance anxiety." Although previous studies explored link between mental health, mechanism how appearance anxiety, triggered by media, impacts health remains unclear. Methods: paper, integrating Extended Parallel Process Model (EPPM), we establish research model to analyze affects through mediation information acquisition patterns. We conducted cross-sectional survey online with 565 participants from June August 2023, resulting in 521 valid questionnaires for hypothesis testing. Results: found that is factor influencing anxiety. The frequency accessing fashion positively predicts overall anxiety women. Both active passive modes predict behaviors, perceived risks efficacy, efficacy playing mediating role. Conclusions: Conveying risk-related (such as cosmetic surgery makeup use) enhances while mitigating risk skin care methods natural beauty) reduces it, these effects.

Language: Английский

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Effects of Social Media Usage on Job Crafting for Female Employees during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from China

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 14(19), P. 12413 - 12413

Published: Sept. 29, 2022

During the COVID-19 pandemic, use of social media platforms for working online has become a global phenomenon. For female employees, usage made it easier to balance work and family, but pressures have also multiplied. Especially in China, prevention policies led dramatic changes patterns, which significantly affected emotions, cognitions, behaviors employees. Based on job demands resource theory, this study explores double-edged effect crafting Survey data were collected from 563 employees Chinese enterprises. Hierarchical regression analysis bootstrap method by SPSS AMOS software used test hypotheses. The results show that work-related negative crafting, while social-related positive effect. Moreover, autonomy workplace friendship mediate relationship between them. This extends research double-edge employees’ enriches antecedents influencing mechanisms crafting. It provides theoretical practical guidance managers how promote sustainability human capital during pandemic.

Language: Английский

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The Role of CSR Information on Social Media to Promote the Communicative Behavior of Customers: An Emotional Framework Enriching Behavioral Sciences Literature

Behavioral Sciences, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 13(2), P. 126 - 126

Published: Feb. 2, 2023

Studies have shown that an organization’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities affect customer behaviors such as loyalty and satisfaction. In spite of this, the role media in informing customers about a brand’s CSR fostering advocacy behavior (CADB) has been underexplored. To fill this knowledge gap, study investigates relationship between CSR-related communication banking organization CADB. This also examines how emotions customer–company identification (CCI) gratitude mediator moderator. Using self-administered questionnaire (n = 302), we collected data from customers. Hypotheses were evaluated by using structural equation modeling, which revealed positively predicts CADB, whereas there are mediating moderating functions CCI GA. Theoretically, highlights human formation standpoint media. Practically, provides important insights for sector’s administrators to realize communication, different networking websites, converting into brand advocates.

Language: Английский

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Application of protection motivation theory and cultural tightness-looseness for predicting individuals' compliance with the government's recommended preventive measures during regular prevention and control of the COVID-19 pandemic in China

Frontiers in Public Health, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 11

Published: Feb. 24, 2023

In the period of regular prevention and control COVID-19 pandemic, public must continue to comply with government's recommended preventive measures further curb pandemic. Based on theories protection motivation cultural tightness-looseness, this study investigates individuals' compliance during in China. It also establishes a moderated mediation model explore underlying mechanisms. We used structural equation modeling latent equations analyze data from an online survey 443 participants. The analysis showed that media exposure significantly predicted perceived severity, maladaptive rewards, self-efficacy, response efficacy, cost. Perceived efficacy were positively associated motivation, which, turn, was compliance. Additionally, affected via implementation intention, tightness-looseness association between intention. This helps better understand theoretical perspective provide practical advice promoting precautionary measures.

Language: Английский

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Methodological foundations of the study institutional environment of small industrial enterprises

E3S Web of Conferences, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 389, P. 09002 - 09002

Published: Jan. 1, 2023

The trend of scientific research in recent years is the actualization need to transform institutions Uzbekistan, but despite this, there still no common understanding how, when and which direction institutional innovations should be introduced. problem complicated by fact that are practically works on quantitative assessment quality environment small industrial enterprises. domestic school has not yet developed methodological tools adequate specifics national enterprises (SMEs), could used processes research, evaluation implementation transformations this sector industry. purpose study analyze modern theories methodology Methodology work: was carried out using methods theoretical analysis, formalization, classification, statistical as well synthesis, deduction induction. Conclusion: a result it concluded both Uzbekistan abroad shortage concepts have been worked only at level, also empirical i.e. brought practical application relation specific "problem field" environment.

Language: Английский

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Cyberslacking continuance intentions of the adult online learners from the business schools: An espoused cultural value perspective

The International Journal of Management Education, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 21(3), P. 100884 - 100884

Published: Oct. 16, 2023

Language: Английский

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Violations of CSR Practices in the Australian Financial Industry: How Is the Decision-Making Power of Australian Women Implicated?

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 15(1), P. 777 - 777

Published: Dec. 31, 2022

Financial institutions have made significant efforts in recent decades to integrate CSR activities into their core business approaches; however, several studies shown that violations increased the Australian financial industry, with engaging unethical practices and deceptive strategies benefit organizational profits over consumer interests. So far, research has shed light on how used violation manipulative bias decision making, but there been little investigation these techniques an individual’s rational, emotional, decision-making powers when purchasing products. As a result, this study employs theoretical notions of emotion-imbued choice model (EIC) investigate rational along moderating effects emotions (such as anxiety) behavioural traits self-efficacy), influence women making product purchase decisions. It online survey 357 usable responses from women, where complex products services are offered, contentious claims misconducts reported. Data analysis is carried out through SPSS regression performed double moderation Hayes Process Model 2, anxiety self-efficacy chosen moderators. Results reveal significantly affects power whereas was found be insignificant. In addition, results also showed face violations, greater compared self-efficacy. This will useful wide range stakeholders, including government, regulators, marketers, activists, watchdogs they provide comprehensive understanding interactions between rationality, emotions, affect

Language: Английский

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Stigma-Marking of COVID-19 Patients in Facebook and Twitter of Youth in Malaysia in 2020–2021

Youth, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 2(4), P. 717 - 732

Published: Dec. 9, 2022

At the beginning of COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, public were still unaware disease and its transmission, information on susceptibility severity was not well understood. During this time, stigma patients had led to some people dying their homes because they did want be seen seeking treatment getting stigmatized process. The study examined stigma-marking Facebook Twitter messages written by youth Malaysia. A total 100 collected from posts young (n = 66) 34) March 2020 April 2021 during early phase pandemic. social media postings, mostly Malay, analyzed for stigma-markers. results showed that words related health (57%), ethnicity (29%), class (13%), work (1%). frequencies types stigma-marker comments tweets are similar. referred as stupid, irresponsible, criminals. Racist remarks also evident messages. findings indicate who already victims victimized further due stigmatization strangers circles.

Language: Английский

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“It Happened to Me and It’s Serious”: Conditional Indirect Effects of Infection Severity Narrated in Testimonial Tweets on COVID-19 Prevention

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 20(13), P. 6254 - 6254

Published: June 29, 2023

The health crisis caused by COVID-19 resulted in societal breakdowns around the world. Our research is based on determining which features of testimonial messages are most relevant increasing persuasive impact. An online experiment with a 2 (severity infection narrative: low vs. high) × (infection target: narrative’s protagonist protagonist’s father) between-subject factorial design was carried out. Young people between 18 and 28 years (N = 278) were randomly assigned to one four experimental conditions, where they asked read narrative message form Twitter thread describing (with mild or severe symptoms) that affected either (a 23-year-old young person) their father. After reading message, mediating dependent variables evaluated. A affecting increase perception personal risk increased impact through an cognitive elaboration reduction reactance. study highlights creating social media targeted at describe careless behavior resulting can be appropriate strategy for designing prevention campaigns.

Language: Английский

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Determinants of COVID-19 preventive health behaviors in Iranian adults based on extended parallel process model

Scientific Reports, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 13(1)

Published: Sept. 2, 2023

Performing preventive behaviors by individuals has been recognized as one of the important strategies for prevention and control Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). This study aimed to assess determinants adopting COVID-19 in a sample Iranian adults based on Extended Parallel Process Model (EPPM) variables. In this cross-sectional study, 300 from Tehran, Iran were selected using cluster sampling method five areas city: north, south, west, east, center. The participants completed instrument developed demographic information EPPM Finally, data analyzed SPSS software. mean age was 40.11 (± 15.158) years. results showed that 88.3% (n = 265) process danger control. Perceived self-efficacy, attitude, response efficiency, behavioral intention, number hours activity outside home performing among participants. These predictors might be used develop theory-based educational efforts variables due encouraging people adopt behaviors. Our suggest because many engaged control, health professionals should focus increasing perceived efficacy.

Language: Английский

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