title: Explanatory style differences in health literacy: a survey among young adults in Taiwan.
abstract: Explanatory styles are related to individuals' positive health management. Everyone interprets and thinks about issues differently; therefore, medical information is understood in different ways. This study explored the relationship of optimistic and positive views on health literacy. A survey method was used to collect information from 342 university students. This study used PLS2.0 and SPSS 18.0 for data analysis. The results indicated that optimists had more accurate self-reported health status and medication-taking and nutritional knowledge than pessimists did. Females had higher scores on health knowledge and medication-taking and nutritional knowledge than males. In addition, female optimists had better performance on self-reported health status and health and medication-taking knowledge than female pessimists did. The major contribution of this study is the confirmation of the effect of explanatory style on health literacy.
authors.affiliation: a Department of International Business , Chien Hsin University of Science and Technology , No. 229, Jianxing Road, Zhongli City , Taoyuan County 320 , Taiwan.
authors.forename: Yi-Chih
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: a Department of International Business , Chien Hsin University of Science and Technology , No. 229, Jianxing Road, Zhongli City , Taoyuan County 320 , Taiwan.
authors.forename: Wei-Li
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: b Department of Psychology and Counseling , National Taipei University of Education , Taipei , Taiwan.
authors.forename: Yun-Chen
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D059026:Diagnostic Self Evaluation; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D057220:Health Literacy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D000067656:Optimism; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013624:Taiwan; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: explanatory style; health knowledge; medication-taking knowledge; nutrition knowledge; self-reported health status