Abstract
Adolescent depression has been so prevalent that it becomes a global health crisis endangering more than youths. This study analyzed how China’s urban teens (N = 310) processed health information and its impact on depression management. The findings show that teens’ health behavior change could be predicted by health information processing. The teens’ health knowledge and health literacy helped alleviate depression. Meanwhile, the more they trusted health information from parents or teachers, the less they felt depressive. A significant gender difference was also found among high school students, boys feeling more depressive than girls. Empirical evidence was thus found to support the conception that health information may function as a medical intervention in reducing adolescent depression. Indeed, it is impossible to remove all the stressors from youths’ lives that cause adolescent depression, but they could be equipped with better information processing strategies to battle depression.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 10th Conference on Health IT & Analytics (CHITA 2019) |
Editors | Ritu Agarwal, Guodong (Gordon) Gao, Kenyon Crowley, Jeffrey McCullough |
Pages | 18 |
Number of pages | 1 |
Publication status | Published - 15 Nov 2019 |
Event | 10th Annual Conference on Health IT and Analytics, CHITA 2019 - Wishington, D.C., United States Duration: 15 Nov 2019 → 16 Nov 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3646594 (Conference proceedings) |
Conference
Conference | 10th Annual Conference on Health IT and Analytics, CHITA 2019 |
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Country/Territory | United States |
City | Wishington, D.C. |
Period | 15/11/19 → 16/11/19 |
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