When adults without university education search the Internet for health information: The roles of Internet-specific epistemic beliefs and a source evaluation intervention

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Highlights：

• General Internet beliefs and two types of justification beliefs examined.

• Differential relationships with navigation behavior and post-search decisions found.

• Positive effects of source evaluation intervention on navigation behavior.

• Positive effects of source evaluation intervention on post-search decisions.

• The intervention strengthened beliefs concerning justification by multiple sources.

摘要

•General Internet beliefs and two types of justification beliefs examined.•Differential relationships with navigation behavior and post-search decisions found.•Positive effects of source evaluation intervention on navigation behavior.•Positive effects of source evaluation intervention on post-search decisions.•The intervention strengthened beliefs concerning justification by multiple sources.

论文关键词：Internet-specific epistemic beliefs,Source evaluation intervention,Web search,Navigation behavior,Health information seeking

论文评审过程：Available online 19 February 2015.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.01.045