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Purpose: The study was conducted with the aim of determining the relationship between personality traits and health information seeking behavior of Hamedan central library users based on Miller's Theory.
Method: The type of study is applied and its method is survey. The research population was the users of the central library of Hamadan province (4638 people). According to Morgan's table, the sample size was 355 people, and 346 questionnaires were used in the final analysis. The tools of data collection were the standard questionnaires of "Five Neo Personality Factors" and "Miller's Health Information Seeking Behavior". Data analysis was done at two levels of descriptive and inferential statistics using SPSS version 26 software.
Findings: The results showed that 75.4% (261 people) of the studied population actively search for health information and 24.6% (85 people) consciously avoid searching for health information. There was a significant relationship between the personality traits of "Extroversion", "Agreeableness" and "Openness" with the component of "active search for health information". In the same way, there was an inverse and significant relationship between these characteristics and the "conscious avoidance of health information search" component. No significant relationship was observed between the personality traits of "emotional stability" and "Conscientiousness" with the components of health information seeking behavior.
Originality/value: The findings of this research based on the importance of public health knowledge and the influence of personality traits on the way of finding health information and the type of preventive behaviors to deal with anxiety-provoking events, can help managers and planners of public libraries in making relevant decisions about provide resources according to personality characteristics and training users' health information skills.
Method: The type of study is applied and its method is survey. The research population was the users of the central library of Hamadan province (4638 people). According to Morgan's table, the sample size was 355 people, and 346 questionnaires were used in the final analysis. The tools of data collection were the standard questionnaires of "Five Neo Personality Factors" and "Miller's Health Information Seeking Behavior". Data analysis was done at two levels of descriptive and inferential statistics using SPSS version 26 software.
Findings: The results showed that 75.4% (261 people) of the studied population actively search for health information and 24.6% (85 people) consciously avoid searching for health information. There was a significant relationship between the personality traits of "Extroversion", "Agreeableness" and "Openness" with the component of "active search for health information". In the same way, there was an inverse and significant relationship between these characteristics and the "conscious avoidance of health information search" component. No significant relationship was observed between the personality traits of "emotional stability" and "Conscientiousness" with the components of health information seeking behavior.
Originality/value: The findings of this research based on the importance of public health knowledge and the influence of personality traits on the way of finding health information and the type of preventive behaviors to deal with anxiety-provoking events, can help managers and planners of public libraries in making relevant decisions about provide resources according to personality characteristics and training users' health information skills.
Keywords: Five factors of Neo's personality, Personality characteristics, Five Factors, Miller's health information seeking behavior, Hamedan Central Library
Type of Study: quantitative |
Subject:
Libraries Services
Received: 2023/06/16 | Accepted: 2023/08/22
Received: 2023/06/16 | Accepted: 2023/08/22
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