Moderation modelling of COVID-19 digital health literacy and sense of coherence across subjective social class and age among university students in Ghana

BMC Psychology

Research

Edmond Kwesi Agormedah¹  Isaac Amoako²  Frank Quansah³  John Elvis Hagan Jnr⁴  Medina Srem-Sai⁵  Stephen Anin⁶ 

[1] Department of Business & Social Sciences Education, University of Cape Coast, PMB, Cape Coast, Ghana;Department of Education, Atebubu College of Education, Bono East, Ghana;Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, Akenten Appiah-Minka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development, P. O. Box 1277, Kumasi, Ghana;Department of Educational Foundations, University of Education, P. O. Box 25, Winneba, Ghana;Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, University of Cape Coast, PMB, Cape Coast, Ghana;Neurocognition and Action-Biomechanics-Research Group, Faculty of Psychology and Sports Science, Bielefeld University, Postfach 10 01 31, 33501, Bielefeld, Germany;Department of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Sports, University of Education, P. O. Box 25, Winneba, Ghana;Department of Industrial and Health Sciences, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Takoradi Technical University, P.O. Box 256, WS000, Takoradi, Ghana;

关键词: Age;    Computer literacy;    Coronavirus;    Coping;    Sense of coherence;    Subjective social class;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s40359-023-01334-9

 received in 2022-12-12, accepted in 2023-09-18,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe study assessed the moderation modelling of digital health literacy and sense of coherence across subjective social class and age among university students in Ghana during the COVID-19 pandemic.MethodsA total of 1160 students were conveniently sampled from two universities namely, the University of Education, Winneba and University of Cape Coast, using the descriptive cross-sectional survey design. Preliminary analysis was performed using descriptive statistics, whilst multivariate multiple regression and moderation analyses (Haye’s Model) were employed to analyze the main data.ResultsThe study revealed that COVID-19 digital health literacy is directly and positively associated with sense of coherence among university students. Further, higher subjective social class positively and strongly moderated the relationship between COVID-19 digital health literacy and sense of coherence among university students. Additionally, the relationship between COVID-19 digital health literacy and sense of coherence was indirectly prominent among relatively older university students than younger ones.ConclusionsThe findings have implications for university management/authorities and public health agencies to organize effective orientation and self-management training programmes for university students.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
© BioMed Central Ltd., part of Springer Nature 2023

【 图 表 】

Fig. 1