Access to Epidemic Information and Life Satisfaction under the Period of COVID-19: the Mediating Role of Perceived Stress and the Moderating Role of Friendship Quality

Baojuan Ye (), Jing Hu (), Gensen Xiao (), Yanzhen Zhang (), Mingfan Liu (), Xinqiang Wang (), Qiang Yang () and Fei Xia ()
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Baojuan Ye: Jiangxi Normal University
Jing Hu: Jiangxi Normal University
Gensen Xiao: University High School
Yanzhen Zhang: University of California
Mingfan Liu: Jiangxi Normal University
Xinqiang Wang: Jiangxi Normal University
Qiang Yang: Jiangxi Normal University
Fei Xia: Jiangxi Normal University

Applied Research in Quality of Life, 2022, vol. 17, issue 3, No 3, 1227-1245

Abstract: Abstract The present study mainly focused on college students amidst the COVID-19 outbreak and aimed to develop and examine a moderated mediation model between access to epidemic information and life satisfaction. Friendship quality as a moderator, and perceived stress as a mediator. A sample of 1032 college students participated in this study and completed questionnaires regarding access to epidemic information, perceived stress, friendship quality, and life satisfaction. Findings indicated that 1) access to epidemic information was strongly related to life satisfaction; 2) perceived stress acts as a mediator in the positive relationship between access to epidemic information and life satisfaction; 3) friendship quality moderated the relationship between access to epidemic information and perceived stress as well as perceived stress and life satisfaction, and such that there was a stronger association between access to epidemic information and perceived stress for college students with high friendship quality. But the relationship between perceived stress and life satisfaction became weaker for college students with high friendship quality. The results illuminate the mechanism to theoretical and practical implications for improving college students’ life satisfaction during the pandemic.

Keywords: COVID-19; Access to epidemic information; Life satisfaction; Perceived stress; Friendship quality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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