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From Offline to Online: Understanding Chinese Single Mothers’ Uncertainty Management in Interpersonal and Online Contexts
Divorced and unwed single motherhood is heavily stigmatized in Chinese cultural context, preventing Chinese single mothers from actively seeking the information and support needed and negatively impacting their wellbeing. Drawing on the theory of motivated information management (TMIM), this study t...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9120956/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35602739 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.845760 |
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author | Kuang, Kai Zhao, Xiaoman Basnyat, Iccha He, Tianping |
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description | Divorced and unwed single motherhood is heavily stigmatized in Chinese cultural context, preventing Chinese single mothers from actively seeking the information and support needed and negatively impacting their wellbeing. Drawing on the theory of motivated information management (TMIM), this study tested how perceived stigma and cultural norms influenced Chinese single mothers’ search for information and social support from families, friends as well as from online communities. Using two-wave data collected from 226 single mothers, findings support the utility of the TMIM in explaining information management and support seeking behaviors and contribute to situating the TMIM process within larger socio-cultural contexts. Practical implications regarding how to facilitate more effective uncertainty management and enhance Chinese single mothers’ wellbeing in interpersonal vs. online contexts are discussed. |
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spelling | pubmed-91209562022-05-21 From Offline to Online: Understanding Chinese Single Mothers’ Uncertainty Management in Interpersonal and Online Contexts Kuang, Kai Zhao, Xiaoman Basnyat, Iccha He, Tianping Front Psychol Psychology Divorced and unwed single motherhood is heavily stigmatized in Chinese cultural context, preventing Chinese single mothers from actively seeking the information and support needed and negatively impacting their wellbeing. Drawing on the theory of motivated information management (TMIM), this study tested how perceived stigma and cultural norms influenced Chinese single mothers’ search for information and social support from families, friends as well as from online communities. Using two-wave data collected from 226 single mothers, findings support the utility of the TMIM in explaining information management and support seeking behaviors and contribute to situating the TMIM process within larger socio-cultural contexts. Practical implications regarding how to facilitate more effective uncertainty management and enhance Chinese single mothers’ wellbeing in interpersonal vs. online contexts are discussed. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-05-06 /pmc/articles/PMC9120956/ /pubmed/35602739 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.845760 Text en Copyright © 2022 Kuang, Zhao, Basnyat and He. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Kuang, Kai Zhao, Xiaoman Basnyat, Iccha He, Tianping From Offline to Online: Understanding Chinese Single Mothers’ Uncertainty Management in Interpersonal and Online Contexts |
title | From Offline to Online: Understanding Chinese Single Mothers’ Uncertainty Management in Interpersonal and Online Contexts |
title_full | From Offline to Online: Understanding Chinese Single Mothers’ Uncertainty Management in Interpersonal and Online Contexts |
title_fullStr | From Offline to Online: Understanding Chinese Single Mothers’ Uncertainty Management in Interpersonal and Online Contexts |
title_full_unstemmed | From Offline to Online: Understanding Chinese Single Mothers’ Uncertainty Management in Interpersonal and Online Contexts |
title_short | From Offline to Online: Understanding Chinese Single Mothers’ Uncertainty Management in Interpersonal and Online Contexts |
title_sort | from offline to online: understanding chinese single mothers’ uncertainty management in interpersonal and online contexts |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9120956/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35602739 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.845760 |
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