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. 2022;17(3):1227-1245.
doi: 10.1007/s11482-021-09957-z. Epub 2021 Jul 1.

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  1 , Jing Hu  1 , Gensen Xiao  2 , Yanzhen Zhang  3 , Mingfan Liu  1 , Xinqiang Wang  1 , Qiang Yang  4 , Fei Xia  4
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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 et al. Appl Res Qual Life. 2022.

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: Access to epidemic information; COVID-19; Friendship quality; Life satisfaction; Perceived stress.

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Conflict of InterestThe authors declare no conflict of interest.

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The proposed moderated mediation model
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Interaction between access to epidemic information and friendship quality on perceived stress
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Interaction between perceived stress and friendship quality on life satisfaction
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