The role of emotional functioning in the relationship between health anxiety and cyberchondria

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Access to health information can have positive effects in the form of increased health awareness. However, self-diagnosis based on information available on websites can be dangerous, causing distress as an increasing amount of time is spent on searching. The main aim of the study was to determine the role of emotional functioning in the relationship between health anxiety and cyberchondria. The study included N = 615 participants aged 18 to 83 years (M = 43.86, SD = 14.57). The authors used the Cyberchondria Severity Scale, the Short Health Anxiety Inventory, the Life Orientation Test, the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale, and the Kessler 6 Psychological Distress Scale. The results demonstrate that health anxiety is significantly related to cyberchondria and that pessimism and difficulties in emotion regulation act as mediators in this relationship.

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Błachnio, A., Przepiórka, A., Kot, P., Cudo, A., & Steuden, S. (2023). The role of emotional functioning in the relationship between health anxiety and cyberchondria. Current Psychology, 42(35), 31240–31250. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-04126-3

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