Richard Huan Xu|Ho Hin Chan|Lushaobo Shi|Ting Li|Dong Wang
Moderating Effect of eHealth Literacy on the Associations of Coronaphobia With Loneliness, Irritability, Depression, and Stigma in Chinese Young Adults: Bayesian Structural Equation Model Study
Hong Kong Polytechnic University|Hong Kong Polytechnic University|Southern Medical University|Southern Medical University|Southern Medical University
covid19 pandemic led increase known risk factors mental health problems although medical information available internet smartphones greatly expanded peoples ability seek eschew use reliable webbased medical information services promote mental health remains unknownthis study aims explore associations coronaphobia 4 frequently reported mental health problems loneliness irritability depression stigma covid19 pandemic assess moderating effects ehealth literacy ehl adjustment relationships chinese young adultsthe data used study collected webbased survey general chinese population aged 18 30 years conducted china december 2022 january 2023 nonprobability snowball sampling method used data collection bayesian structural equation model bsem using parameter expansion used estimate moderating effect ehl relationship coronaphobia psychological problems posterior mean 95 highest density intervals hdis estimateda total 4119 participants completed questionnaire provided valid responses among 644 n2653 female 587 n2417 rural residents measures showed statistically significant minortomoderate associations correlation coefficients ranged 004 065 significant heterogeneity observed rural urban residents ehl level coronaphobia observed bsem results demonstrated ehl significant moderator reducing negative effects coronaphobia loneliness posterior mean 00016 95 hdi 00022 00011 depression posterior mean 0006 95 hdi 00079 0004 stigma posterior mean 00052 95 hdi 00068 00036 irritability posterior mean 00037 95 hdi 00052 00022 moderating effects ehl varied across rural urban subsamplesusing bsem study demonstrated improving ehl significantly mitigate negative effects coronaphobia 4 covid19related mental health problems chinese young adults future ehl initiatives target rural communities ensure equal access information resources help protect mental health pandemic