How Does the Citizens’ Behavioral Intention to Use Digital Technology in Smart Cities Affect Their Mental Health During the Covid-19 Pandemic?

Hongxin Wang; Wenqing Wu; Yenchun Jim Wu

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-84311-3_3

How Does the Citizens’ Behavioral Intention to Use Digital Technology in Smart Cities Affect Their Mental Health During the Covid-19 Pandemic?

Hongxin Wang
, Wenqing Wu
, Yenchun Jim Wu^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

2 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

In the face of the Covid-19 pandemic, some cities around the world have adopted smart prevention and control measures based on digital technology, in addition to physical prevention and control means such as local closures, home isolation and wearing protective masks. Based on the context of smart city’s response to public health crisis in China, this study analyzed the effect of the behavioral intention to use digital technology (i.e., the health quick response code technology) on citizens’ mental health. This study takes 789 respondents from China’s smart cities as research samples. The empirical results show that the behavioral intention to use digital technology can reduce the citizens’ anxiety level. The negative effect of the behavioral intention to use digital technology on the anxiety level of citizens decreases as the increase of the Covid-19 severity. Finally, the theoretical implications, practical implications, research limitations and future prospects of this study are discussed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Research and Innovation Forum 2021 - Managing Continuity, Innovation, and Change in the Post-Covid World
Subtitle of host publication	Technology, Politics and Society
Editors	Anna Visvizi, Orlando Troisi, Kawther Saeedi
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
Pages	25-34
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Print)	9783030843106
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84311-3_3
Publication status	Published - 2021
Event	Research and Innovation Forum, Rii Forum 2021 - Virtual, Online Duration: 2021 Apr 7 → 2021 Apr 9

Publication series

Name	Springer Proceedings in Complexity
ISSN (Print)	2213-8684
ISSN (Electronic)	2213-8692

Conference

Conference	Research and Innovation Forum, Rii Forum 2021
City	Virtual, Online
Period	2021/04/07 → 2021/04/09

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

Keywords

Anxiety
Behavioral intention
Digital technology
Smart city
The Covid-19 severity

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Applied Mathematics
Modelling and Simulation
Computer Science Applications

Access to Document

10.1007/978-3-030-84311-3_3

Cite this

Wang, H., Wu, W., & Wu, Y. J. (2021). How Does the Citizens’ Behavioral Intention to Use Digital Technology in Smart Cities Affect Their Mental Health During the Covid-19 Pandemic? In A. Visvizi, O. Troisi, & K. Saeedi (Eds.), Research and Innovation Forum 2021 - Managing Continuity, Innovation, and Change in the Post-Covid World: Technology, Politics and Society (pp. 25-34). (Springer Proceedings in Complexity). Springer Science and Business Media B.V.. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84311-3_3

How Does the Citizens’ Behavioral Intention to Use Digital Technology in Smart Cities Affect Their Mental Health During the Covid-19 Pandemic? / Wang, Hongxin; Wu, Wenqing; Wu, Yenchun Jim.
Research and Innovation Forum 2021 - Managing Continuity, Innovation, and Change in the Post-Covid World: Technology, Politics and Society. ed. / Anna Visvizi; Orlando Troisi; Kawther Saeedi. Springer Science and Business Media B.V., 2021. p. 25-34 (Springer Proceedings in Complexity).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Wang, H, Wu, W & Wu, YJ 2021, How Does the Citizens’ Behavioral Intention to Use Digital Technology in Smart Cities Affect Their Mental Health During the Covid-19 Pandemic? in A Visvizi, O Troisi & K Saeedi (eds), Research and Innovation Forum 2021 - Managing Continuity, Innovation, and Change in the Post-Covid World: Technology, Politics and Society. Springer Proceedings in Complexity, Springer Science and Business Media B.V., pp. 25-34, Research and Innovation Forum, Rii Forum 2021, Virtual, Online, 2021/04/07. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84311-3_3

Wang H, Wu W, Wu YJ. How Does the Citizens’ Behavioral Intention to Use Digital Technology in Smart Cities Affect Their Mental Health During the Covid-19 Pandemic? In Visvizi A, Troisi O, Saeedi K, editors, Research and Innovation Forum 2021 - Managing Continuity, Innovation, and Change in the Post-Covid World: Technology, Politics and Society. Springer Science and Business Media B.V. 2021. p. 25-34. (Springer Proceedings in Complexity). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-84311-3_3

Wang, Hongxin ; Wu, Wenqing ; Wu, Yenchun Jim. / How Does the Citizens’ Behavioral Intention to Use Digital Technology in Smart Cities Affect Their Mental Health During the Covid-19 Pandemic?. Research and Innovation Forum 2021 - Managing Continuity, Innovation, and Change in the Post-Covid World: Technology, Politics and Society. editor / Anna Visvizi ; Orlando Troisi ; Kawther Saeedi. Springer Science and Business Media B.V., 2021. pp. 25-34 (Springer Proceedings in Complexity).

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