Relationship between Health-Anxiety and Cyberchondria: Role of Metacognitive Beliefs.
cyberchondria
health anxiety
metacognitive beliefs
Journal
Journal of clinical medicine
ISSN: 2077-0383
Titre abrégé: J Clin Med
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101606588
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
05 May 2022
05 May 2022
Historique:
received:
26
03
2022
revised:
27
04
2022
accepted:
29
04
2022
entrez:
14
5
2022
pubmed:
15
5
2022
medline:
15
5
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The current study was designed to examine the relationship between health anxiety, cyberchondria (its constructs), and metacognitive beliefs. In addition, it also evaluated the moderating role of metacognitive beliefs in this relationship. The present study used the purposive sampling technique to acquire a sample of ( The descriptive statistics revealed that all instruments have good psychometric properties, as Cronbach's alpha coefficients for all scales are ≥0.70. In addition to this, the Pearson correlation showed that all variables of the present study have a significant positive correlation with each other. Furthermore, the regression analysis described that health anxiety and metacognitive beliefs (biased thinking and beliefs about uncontrollable thoughts) were the significant positive predictors of cyberchondria. Moreover, moderation analysis showed that metacognitive beliefs significantly strengthened the association between health anxiety and cyberchondria and its constructs. The present study will help medical practitioners to understand how metacognitive beliefs and health anxiety can cause an increase in cyberchondria. This will help them to design better treatment plans for people with cyberchondria.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35566713
pii: jcm11092590
doi: 10.3390/jcm11092590
pmc: PMC9101818
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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