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Article: COVID-19 Increases Online Searches for Emotional and Health-Related Terms

TitleCOVID-19 Increases Online Searches for Emotional and Health-Related Terms
Authors
Keywordsinternet search
protective behavior
panic buying
health knowledge
COVID-19
fear
Issue Date2020
Citation
Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 2020, v. 12, n. 4, p. 1039-1053 How to Cite?
AbstractBackground: The COVID-19 pandemic has powerfully shaped people’s lives. The current work investigated the emotional and behavioral reactions people experience in response to COVID-19 through their internet searches. We hypothesised that when the prevalence rates of COVID-19 increase, people would experience more fear, which in turn would predict more searches for protective behaviors, health-related knowledge, and panic buying. Methods: Prevalence rates of COVID-19 in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia were used as predictors. Fear-related emotions, protective behaviors, seeking health-related knowledge, and panic buying were measured using internet search volumes in Google Trends. Results: We found that increased prevalence rates of COVID-19 were associated with more searches for protective behaviors, health knowledge, and panic buying. This pattern was consistent across four countries, the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia. Fear-related emotions explained the associations between COVID-19 and the content of their internet searches. Conclusions: Findings suggest that exposure to COVID-19 prevalence and fear-related emotions may motivate people to search for relevant health-related information so as to protect themselves from the pandemic.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/302275
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2023 Impact Factor: 3.8
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.780
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dc.contributor.authorDu, Hongfei-
dc.contributor.authorYang, Jing-
dc.contributor.authorKing, Ronnel B.-
dc.contributor.authorYang, Lei-
dc.contributor.authorChi, Peilian-
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-30T13:58:09Z-
dc.date.available2021-08-30T13:58:09Z-
dc.date.issued2020-
dc.identifier.citationApplied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 2020, v. 12, n. 4, p. 1039-1053-
dc.identifier.issn1758-0846-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/302275-
dc.description.abstractBackground: The COVID-19 pandemic has powerfully shaped people’s lives. The current work investigated the emotional and behavioral reactions people experience in response to COVID-19 through their internet searches. We hypothesised that when the prevalence rates of COVID-19 increase, people would experience more fear, which in turn would predict more searches for protective behaviors, health-related knowledge, and panic buying. Methods: Prevalence rates of COVID-19 in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia were used as predictors. Fear-related emotions, protective behaviors, seeking health-related knowledge, and panic buying were measured using internet search volumes in Google Trends. Results: We found that increased prevalence rates of COVID-19 were associated with more searches for protective behaviors, health knowledge, and panic buying. This pattern was consistent across four countries, the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia. Fear-related emotions explained the associations between COVID-19 and the content of their internet searches. Conclusions: Findings suggest that exposure to COVID-19 prevalence and fear-related emotions may motivate people to search for relevant health-related information so as to protect themselves from the pandemic.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.relation.ispartofApplied Psychology: Health and Well-Being-
dc.subjectinternet search-
dc.subjectprotective behavior-
dc.subjectpanic buying-
dc.subjecthealth knowledge-
dc.subjectCOVID-19-
dc.subjectfear-
dc.titleCOVID-19 Increases Online Searches for Emotional and Health-Related Terms-
dc.typeArticle-
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dc.identifier.doi10.1111/aphw.12237-
dc.identifier.pmid33052612-
dc.identifier.pmcidPMC7675240-
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-85092454559-
dc.identifier.volume12-
dc.identifier.issue4-
dc.identifier.spage1039-
dc.identifier.epage1053-
dc.identifier.eissn1758-0854-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000577660200001-

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