The curious case of cyberchondria: A longitudinal study on the reciprocal relationship between health anxiety and online health information seeking
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- 作者：Fam te Poela ; f.tepoel@uva.nl" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Susanne E. Baumgartnerb ; Tilo Hartmanna ; Martin Tanisa
- 关键词：Cyberchondria ; Health anxiety ; Online health information seeking ; Internet ; Random intercept cross-lagged panel model
- 刊名：Journal of Anxiety Disorders
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：October 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：43
- 期：Complete
- 页码：32-40
- 全文大小：819 K
文摘
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4-wave longitudinal study on cyberchondria among 5,322 participants.
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Examining reciprocal relationship between health anxiety and online health information seeking.
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Individuals who are more health anxious than others, search more frequently for health information online.
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Reciprocal relationship in respondents with non-clinical levels of health anxiety at the start of the study.
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For clinically health anxious individuals online health information seeking might serve as maintaining rather than exacerbating factor.