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Do we really have to talk about that? Avoiding COVID-19 topics with close contacts.

As COVID-19 spread globally in 2020, it caused panic, anxiety, and uncertainty in terms of dealing with this novel health pandemic situation. Government officials, front-liners and health agencies worked relentlessly to manage the pandemic, by spreading awareness, enforcing SOP, and encouraging vacc...

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Main Authors: Tengku Mohd Azzman Shariffadeen, Tengku Siti Aisha, A Manaf, Aini Maznina, Syed Zainuddin, Sharifah Sofiah
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
English
English
Published: 2021
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H Social Sciences (General)
H61.8 Communication of information
P87 Communication. Mass media
T10.5 Communication of technical information
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/94175/1/AMIC%20Conference%20Program.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/94175/3/Acceptance%20Letter_AMIC2.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/94175/14/Do%20we%20really%20have%20to%20talk%20about%20that.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/94175/
https://2021conference.amic.asia/
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spelling my.iium.irep.941752021-11-30T13:12:47Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/94175/ Do we really have to talk about that? Avoiding COVID-19 topics with close contacts. Tengku Mohd Azzman Shariffadeen, Tengku Siti Aisha A Manaf, Aini Maznina Syed Zainuddin, Sharifah Sofiah H Social Sciences (General) H61.8 Communication of information P87 Communication. Mass media T10.5 Communication of technical information As COVID-19 spread globally in 2020, it caused panic, anxiety, and uncertainty in terms of dealing with this novel health pandemic situation. Government officials, front-liners and health agencies worked relentlessly to manage the pandemic, by spreading awareness, enforcing SOP, and encouraging vaccination to curb infections. Paramount during this period was dissemination of accurate and updated information about COVID-19, whether through mediated or interpersonal platforms. Close contacts have a responsibility in making sure they disclose their health status to others to ensure that the infection does not spread in their local communities. Avoiding honest disclosures of COVID-19 status could be detrimental to others. Accordingly, this study will examine how individuals interact with close contacts and avoid topics related to COVID-19, from the perspective of Theory of Motivated Information Management (TMIM). TMIM has been applied in various health contexts to understand information avoidance, including avoiding conversations on end-of-life preferences with spouses (Rafferty et al., 2014), or sexual health topics with romantic partners (Tannebaum, 2015). In this study, we explore factors influencing COVID-19 information avoidance, such as anxiety, uncertainty discrepancy, outcome expectancy, and close contact’s target efficacy. Using a cross-sectional survey, the research instrument was distributed online among undergraduate students in Malaysia in November 2020 (N = 483). Overall, two hypotheses were not supported; anxiety is not significantly related to outcome expectancy or target efficacy. Target efficacy also mediates the relationship between outcome expectancy and information avoidance. The repercussion of these findings on TMIM, as well as factors that may influence health information management will be deliberated. 2021-11-24 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/94175/1/AMIC%20Conference%20Program.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/94175/3/Acceptance%20Letter_AMIC2.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/94175/14/Do%20we%20really%20have%20to%20talk%20about%20that.pdf Tengku Mohd Azzman Shariffadeen, Tengku Siti Aisha and A Manaf, Aini Maznina and Syed Zainuddin, Sharifah Sofiah (2021) Do we really have to talk about that? Avoiding COVID-19 topics with close contacts. In: 28th AMIC Annual Virtual Conference (Science Communication: Managing the Now and the Future), 20th November, 24th November and 4th December, Virtual. (Unpublished) https://2021conference.amic.asia/
institution Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia
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language English
English
English
topic H Social Sciences (General)
H61.8 Communication of information
P87 Communication. Mass media
T10.5 Communication of technical information
spellingShingle H Social Sciences (General)
H61.8 Communication of information
P87 Communication. Mass media
T10.5 Communication of technical information
Tengku Mohd Azzman Shariffadeen, Tengku Siti Aisha
A Manaf, Aini Maznina
Syed Zainuddin, Sharifah Sofiah
Do we really have to talk about that? Avoiding COVID-19 topics with close contacts.
description As COVID-19 spread globally in 2020, it caused panic, anxiety, and uncertainty in terms of dealing with this novel health pandemic situation. Government officials, front-liners and health agencies worked relentlessly to manage the pandemic, by spreading awareness, enforcing SOP, and encouraging vaccination to curb infections. Paramount during this period was dissemination of accurate and updated information about COVID-19, whether through mediated or interpersonal platforms. Close contacts have a responsibility in making sure they disclose their health status to others to ensure that the infection does not spread in their local communities. Avoiding honest disclosures of COVID-19 status could be detrimental to others. Accordingly, this study will examine how individuals interact with close contacts and avoid topics related to COVID-19, from the perspective of Theory of Motivated Information Management (TMIM). TMIM has been applied in various health contexts to understand information avoidance, including avoiding conversations on end-of-life preferences with spouses (Rafferty et al., 2014), or sexual health topics with romantic partners (Tannebaum, 2015). In this study, we explore factors influencing COVID-19 information avoidance, such as anxiety, uncertainty discrepancy, outcome expectancy, and close contact’s target efficacy. Using a cross-sectional survey, the research instrument was distributed online among undergraduate students in Malaysia in November 2020 (N = 483). Overall, two hypotheses were not supported; anxiety is not significantly related to outcome expectancy or target efficacy. Target efficacy also mediates the relationship between outcome expectancy and information avoidance. The repercussion of these findings on TMIM, as well as factors that may influence health information management will be deliberated.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Tengku Mohd Azzman Shariffadeen, Tengku Siti Aisha
A Manaf, Aini Maznina
Syed Zainuddin, Sharifah Sofiah
author_facet Tengku Mohd Azzman Shariffadeen, Tengku Siti Aisha
A Manaf, Aini Maznina
Syed Zainuddin, Sharifah Sofiah
author_sort Tengku Mohd Azzman Shariffadeen, Tengku Siti Aisha
title Do we really have to talk about that? Avoiding COVID-19 topics with close contacts.
title_short Do we really have to talk about that? Avoiding COVID-19 topics with close contacts.
title_full Do we really have to talk about that? Avoiding COVID-19 topics with close contacts.
title_fullStr Do we really have to talk about that? Avoiding COVID-19 topics with close contacts.
title_full_unstemmed Do we really have to talk about that? Avoiding COVID-19 topics with close contacts.
title_sort do we really have to talk about that? avoiding covid-19 topics with close contacts.
publishDate 2021
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/94175/1/AMIC%20Conference%20Program.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/94175/3/Acceptance%20Letter_AMIC2.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/94175/14/Do%20we%20really%20have%20to%20talk%20about%20that.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/94175/
https://2021conference.amic.asia/
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