The Influence of Relevance on the Continued Influence Effect of Misinformation in Older Adults: The Role of Death Attitude and Health Anxiety

Abstract

Abstract: This study investigated the relationship between the continued influence effect of misinformation (CIEM) in the older adults and information relevance, death attitudes and health anxiety. The older adults were found to exhibit greater CIEM under high-relevant information condition, indicating that information relevance can affect CIEM. The difficulty of correcting high-relevant misinformation might be related to attitudes of the older adults towards death and health problems, and the effect of high-related CIEM on the natural acceptance of death attitudes might be partly mediated by health anxiety. The results suggest that the older adults are more likely to believe the health misinformation due to their inherent attitudes. In the future, the older adults can be guided to treat death and their health correctly.

Key words: older adults, the continued-influence effect of misinformation, relevance, attitudes

摘要： 研究探讨了老年人错误信息持续影响效应（the continued-influence effect of misinformation, CIEM）与信息相关度、死亡态度和健康焦虑的关系。结果发现信息相关度影响老年人的CIEM，高相关信息条件下的CIEM较大；高相关错误信息难以更正与老年人对待死亡和健康问题的态度有关，其中高相关CIEM对死亡自然接受程度的影响部分是通过健康焦虑作用的。结果提示，老年人更容易相信错误健康信息与老年人的固有态度有关，未来可引导老年人正确看待死亡和自身健康。

关键词: 老年人, 错误信息持续影响效应, 相关度, 态度

CLC Number:

B849

JIN Hua, JIA Lina, SHAN Jinlei. The Influence of Relevance on the Continued Influence Effect of Misinformation in Older Adults: The Role of Death Attitude and Health Anxiety[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2021, 19(3): 389-395.

金花, 贾丽娜, 单金磊. 相关度对老年人错误信息持续影响效应的影响：死亡态度和健康焦虑的作用[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2021, 19(3): 389-395.

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