Antecedents of privacy calculus components in virtual health communities

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Highlights：

• We examined communicating personal health information (PHI) in virtual communities.

• Younger individuals are more concerned about their PHI privacy.

• Healthier individuals expect to receive less personal benefits of communicating PHI.

• Affective commitment will increase expected outcomes of communicating PHI.

摘要

•We examined communicating personal health information (PHI) in virtual communities.•Younger individuals are more concerned about their PHI privacy.•Healthier individuals expect to receive less personal benefits of communicating PHI.•Affective commitment will increase expected outcomes of communicating PHI.

论文关键词：Virtual health communities,Online social networks,Self-disclosure,Personal health information,Privacy calculus model,Affective commitment

论文评审过程：Received 30 November 2015, Revised 20 April 2016, Accepted 22 April 2016, Available online 12 May 2016, Version of Record 12 May 2016.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2016.04.015