Does socio-economic status and health consciousness influence how women respond to health related messages in media?
Does socio-economic status and health consciousness influence how women respond to health related messages in media?
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DOI：
10.1093/her/cyl014
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发表时间：
2006-10-01
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
Kraft, Pal
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作者：
Iversen, Anette Christine;Kraft, Pal
在过去的几十年里，人们越来越多地接触大众媒体中与健康相关的信息，传达健康生活方式的建议。本研究调查这些信息是否代表压力源，以及应对反应是否会增加动机水平或负面影响水平。对 403 名 45 岁女性样本进行了两次调查，调查间隔为 4 周。很大一部分参与者认为健康信息带来压力（威胁程度增加）。总体而言，参与者报告在接触健康信息时更多地使用适应性应对而不是非适应性应对。社会经济地位（以教育术语定义）与非适应性应对呈负相关，而健康意识与适应性应对呈正相关。适应性应对与意图和行为呈正相关，非适应性应对与意图和行为呈负相关。非适应性应对与更强烈的负面情绪相关。结果表明，与受教育程度较高的女性相比，受教育程度较低的女性对健康信息的反应往往更不适应；对于前一组人来说，这会产生负面后果，即负面情绪增加，健康行为的动力下降。
During the past few decades, people have been increasingly exposed to health-related messages in the mass media, conveying recommendations for healthy lifestyles. The present study investigates whether these messages represent a stressor, and whether coping responses increase levels of motivation or levels of negative affect. A sample of 403 women aged 45 years were surveyed twice, at an interval of 4 weeks. A substantial proportion of the participants perceived the health messages to be stressful (increased levels of threat). Overall, the participants reported a greater use of adaptive than non-adaptive coping when exposed to the health messages. Socio-economic status (defined in educational terms) was negatively correlated with non-adaptive coping, while health consciousness was positively correlated with adaptive coping. Adaptive coping was positively related, and non-adaptive coping was negatively related, to intentions and behaviours. Non-adaptive coping was associated with stronger negative emotions. The results indicate that less-educated women tend to respond more non-adaptively to health messages than more-educated women; for the former group, this has negative consequences in terms of increased levels of negative emotions and decreased levels of motivation to engage in healthy behaviours.