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标题：An Examination of Factors Contributing to the Acceptance of Online Health Misinformation
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作者：Pan, Wenjing ; Liu, Diyi ; Fang, Jie 等
期刊名称：Frontiers in Psychology
电子版ISSN：1664-1078
出版年度：2021
卷号：12
页码：524
DOI：10.3389/fpsyg.2021.630268
出版社：Frontiers Media
摘要：This study examined factors including health-related anxiety, preexisting misinformation beliefs, and repeated exposure contributing to individuals’ health misinformation acceptance. 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 health misinformation acceptance.
关键词：health misinformation; Social Media; misinformation acceptance; Health-related anxiety; Preexisting misinformation beliefs; repeated exposure