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Online health information seeking, health anxiety and cyberchondria among men who engage in sexual risk taking: The mediating role of medical consultation about HIV / AIDS

Guo, Y. Q., Wang, Y., & Li, Y. (2024) · Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology · doi:10.1002/casp.2845 · Cited by 4 · see citing works

Cyberchondria, Health Literacy, and Perception of Risk in Croatian Patients with Risk of Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIV—A Cross-Sectional Study

Bajčić, T. S., Turina, I. S.-B., Lucijanić, M., Sinožić, T., Vučković, M., & Baždarić, K. (2024) · Epidemiologia · doi:10.3390/epidemiologia5030036 · Cited by 4 · see citing works

Theoretical perspective of unusual purchasing tendencies during pandemic situation of covid-19

Alflayyeh, S. M. (2020) · European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine · Cited by 4 · see citing works

Beban Infomasi Media Sosial Dan Niat Melakukan Isolasi Mandiri serta Panic Buying Selama Pandemi Covid 19

Purwanto, P., Harahap, D. A., Amanah, D., & Gunarto, M. (2021) · Jurnal Manajemen · doi:10.32832/jm-uika.v12i2.4327 · Cited by 6 · see citing works

Fear of becoming infected and fear of doing the wrong thing – Cross-cultural adaptation and further validation of the multidimensional assessment of COVID-19-related fears

Bagarić, B., & Jokić‐Begić, N. (2022) · Clinical Psychology in Europe · doi:10.32872/cpe.6137 · Cited by 4 · see citing works

Study protocol: A national cross-sectional study on psychology and behaviour investigation of Chinese residents in 2024, PBICRPreprint

Fan, S., Li, Y., Dong, F., Chen, W., Han, Q., Duan, T., Zhang, J., Sun, Q., Bao, Y., Li, Y., et al. (2025) · medRxiv · doi:10.1101/2025.01.14.25320520 · Cited by 4 · see citing works

Examining the relationships between internet addiction, online health information-seeking behavior and cyberchondria

Deniz, S. (2025) · BMC Psychology · doi:10.1186/s40359-025-03770-1 · Cited by 3 · see citing works

Health-Seeking Consumer: Cognitive Dissonance Encountered After Panic Buying

Deveci, F. G., & YILDIZ, T. (2022) · Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi · doi:10.26745/ahbvuibfd.1003324 · Cited by 3 · see citing works

What is remembered?: The recall of health-related information in cyberchondria and health anxiety

Bagarić, B., Martinčević, M., & Vranić, A. (2022) · Psihologija · doi:10.2298/psi220127019b · Cited by 3 · see citing works

Trends in the Implementation of the Cyberchondria Severity Scale: Bibliometric Analysis

Powell, A. C., & Calderon-Smith, C. (2026) · JMIR Mental Health · doi:10.2196/75003 · Cited by 2 · see citing works

Searched and found? The association between use of health information sources and success in getting the desired information

Rosenberg, D. (2022) · Health Information & Libraries Journal · doi:10.1111/hir.12434 · Cited by 2 · see citing works

INVESTIGATION OF FACTORS RELATED TO CYBERCHONDRIA LEVELS OF HEALTH MANAGEMENT AND BANKING AND INSURANCE DEPARTMENT STUDENTS: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS

Uslu, Y. D., & Aygün, S. (2022) · Nişantaşı üniversitesi sosyal bilimler dergisi/Nişantaşı Üniversitesi sosyal bilimler dergisi · doi:10.52122/nisantasisbd.1113180 · Cited by 2 · see citing works

Impact of Cyberchondria on Unverified Health Information Sharing: A Moderated Mediation Approach

Xiao, Q., Zheng, H., & Xu, J. (2025) · Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology · doi:10.1002/pra2.1296 · Cited by 1 · see citing works

Buy or Die: An Investigation of Consumers’ Intention to Engage in Unusual Purchasing Behavior Through the Lens of Stimulus-Organism-Response Approach

Alam, I., Ashrafi, D. M., & Kabir, M. R. (2023) · Malaysian journal of consumer and family economics/Malaysian Journal of Consumer and Family Economics · doi:10.60016/majcafe.v31.13 · Cited by 1 · see citing works

Cyberchondria in the Age of Online Health Information

Amini, M., & Ahadzadeh, A. S. (2025) · Advances in computational intelligence and robotics book series · doi:10.4018/979-8-3693-5837-5.ch007 · Cited by 2 · see citing works

Review of social media intervention in adult population during COVID-19 pandemic based on Protection Motivation Theory

Randana, M. P. C., & Syakurah, R. A. (2021) · International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) · doi:10.11591/ijphs.v10i4.20510 · Cited by 1 · see citing works

Health Literacy and Cyberchondria

Ünal, A. T., Ekinci, Y., & Tarhan, N. (2021) · Advances in media, entertainment and the arts (AMEA) book series · doi:10.4018/978-1-7998-8630-3.ch015 · Cited by 1 · see citing works

Comportamiento de autocuidado y de búsqueda de información en internet sobre la COVID-19

Cánovas, B. R., Rogala, A., & Rincón, A. G. (2022) · VISUAL REVIEW International Visual Culture Review / Revista Internacional de Cultura Visual · doi:10.37467/revvisual.v9.3639 · Cited by 1 · see citing works

Development of a cyberchondria severity scale for university students during the COVID-19 pandemic (Preprint)Preprint

Hsu, W.-C. (2023) · doi:10.2196/preprints.49451 · Cited by 1 · see citing works

Cyberchondria During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Chaudhury, S., & Dhamija, S. (2021) · Advances in media, entertainment and the arts (AMEA) book series · doi:10.4018/978-1-7998-8630-3.ch013

Developing a theoretical model to examine the antecedents to cyberchondria among Chinese Internet users

Zheng, H. (2022) · doi:10.32657/10356/161151

برنامج ارشادي قائم علي مدخل الانتقائية الفنية لخفض أعراض السا يبركوندريا (توهم المرض الالكتروني)واثره في تحسين جودة الحياة لدي طلاب الجامعة

حفني, ع. ث. إ., & صادق, ن. ت. ا. ج. (2022) · مجلة كلية التربية جامعة بنها · doi:10.21608/jfeb.2022.288585

Comportamento do consumidor em resposta aos efeitos da pandemia da covid-19: um estudo sobre a relação entre a intenção de autoisolamento e compras incomuns

de Paiva, E. M., Neto, G. R. D. S., da Silva, A. D. F., & da Cunha, J. A. C. (2023) · Future Studies Research Journal Trends and Strategies · doi:10.24023/futurejournal/2175-5825/2023.v15i1.744

An Empirical Study of eHealth Literacy and Cyberchondria Severity: Pros, Cons, and Risks of Online Health Information Seeking Behavior Among Undergraduate Students (Preprint)Preprint

Hsu, W.-C. (2024) · doi:10.2196/preprints.63449

Health in the digital age – What are you googling? Health-related Internet research and cyberchondria among adolescents (Preprint)Preprint

Jungmann, S. M., & Dessauer, E. (2024) · doi:10.2196/preprints.65792

Complex Online Systems, Anxious Feelings: The Role of Health Advertising Intrusiveness and Risk Perception on Cyberchondria

Yang, M., Zheng, H., & Xu, J. (2024) · Lecture notes in computer science · doi:10.1007/978-981-96-0868-3_16

The Impact of Social Media on Consumers’ Online Information Behavior

Todua, N., & Todua, N. (2025) · Springer proceedings in business and economics · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-88052-0_22

Cyberchondria and internet addiction among nurses: Online study of predictors and differences

Algunmeeyn, A., & MRAYYAN, M. T. (2025) · Archives of Psychiatric Nursing · doi:10.1016/j.apnu.2025.152022

Exploring the impact of climate change anxiety and social media information overload on unusual purchase behavior

Bui, M.-T., Nguyen, T., & Le, H. (2025) · Sustainable Futures · doi:10.1016/j.sftr.2025.101571

Relationship Between Intolerance of Uncertainty and Cyberchondria: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

BÜLBÜL, A. (2025) · Psikiyatride Guncel Yaklasimlar - Current Approaches in Psychiatry · doi:10.18863/pgy.1743899

Belirsizliğe Tahammülsüzlük, Sağlık Bilgisi Arama Davranışı ve Siberkondri İlişkisi

BÜLBÜL, A. (2026) · Ayna Klinik Psikoloji Dergisi · doi:10.31682/ayna.1741980

Exploring the biopsychosocial-digital model of cyberchondria in pregnancy

Šoštarić, M., Jokić‐Begić, N., & Mikac, U. (2026) · Clinical Psychologist · doi:10.1080/13284207.2026.2679443

Linking need for cognitive closure to cyberchondria among health information seekers: Disentangling the roles of uncertainty discrepancy, health worry and information processing evaluations

Wang, H., Chen, Z., Zhang, S., Zhang, M., & Pang, H. (2026) · Information Processing & Management · doi:10.1016/j.ipm.2026.105168

Switching intention toward conversational AI for health information seeking: a push–pull–mooring analysis

Zhou, Z., Lin, Y., Chen, Q., Wu, Y., Chen, Y., Zhang, K., & Wang, J. (2026) · Frontiers in Psychology · doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1877044

The development and initial validation of the cyberchondria severity scale (CSS)

McElroy, E., & Shevlin, M. (2014) · Journal of Anxiety Disorders · doi:10.1016/j.janxdis.2013.12.007 · Cited by 383 · see citing works

The CSS-12: development and validation of a short-form version of the cyberchondria severity scale

McElroy, E., Kearney, M., Touhey, J., Evans, J., Cooke, Y., & Shevlin, M. (2019) · Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking · doi:10.1089/cyber.2018.0624 · Cited by 179 · see citing works

The Cyberchondria Severity Scale (CSS): German Validation and Development of a Short Form

Barke, A., Bleichhardt, G., Rief, W., & Doering, B. K. (2016) · International Journal of Behavioral Medicine · doi:10.1007/s12529-016-9549-8 · Cited by 177 · see citing works

The Cyberchondria Severity Scale (CSS): An examination of structure and relations with health anxiety in a community sample

Fergus, T. A. (2014) · Journal of Anxiety Disorders · doi:10.1016/j.janxdis.2014.05.006 · Cited by 159 · see citing works

Psychometric properties and factor structure of the short form of the cyberchondria severity scale (CSS-12) amongst Indian adults

Dharshini, R., Sharma, M. K., Anand, N., & Srivastava, K. (2025) · Indian Journal of Psychiatry · doi:10.4103/indianjpsychiatry_561_24 · Cited by 1 · see citing works