Health Information as Medical Intervention: A Multivariate Analysis of Health Information Processing Reducing Adolescent Depression

Bu ZHONG, Juan Chen

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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 languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 10th Conference on Health IT & Analytics (CHITA 2019)
EditorsRitu Agarwal, Guodong (Gordon) Gao, Kenyon Crowley, Jeffrey McCullough
Pages18
Number of pages1
Publication statusPublished - 15 Nov 2019
Event10th Annual Conference on Health IT and Analytics, CHITA 2019 - Wishington, D.C., United States
Duration: 15 Nov 201916 Nov 2019
http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3646594 (Conference proceedings)

Conference

Conference10th Annual Conference on Health IT and Analytics, CHITA 2019
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityWishington, D.C.
Period15/11/1916/11/19
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