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Cyberchondriasis: Fact or fiction? A preliminary examination of the relationship between health anxiety and searching for health information on the Internet
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This study examined the relationship between health anxiety and searching for health information online, a phenomenon dubbed 'cyberchondria'. The majority of those with 'high' (n=46) and 'low' (n=36) levels of health anxiety reported seeking health information online. However, those with higher levels of health anxiety sought online health information more frequently, spent longer searching, and found searching more distressing and anxiety provoking. Furthermore, more responses in the high than low health anxiety group related to searching for information on diagnosed and undiagnosed medical conditions, descriptions of others' experiences of illnesses and using message boards/support groups, although the largest proportion of responses in both groups was accounted for by seeking information on symptoms. Linear regression (n=167) revealed significant relationships between health anxiety and the frequency, duration and distress and anxiety associated with searching for health information online. This preliminary data suggests that searching for health information online may exacerbate health anxiety.
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“Moreover, self-esteem was also found to predict CYB indirectly, through increased health anxiety and obsessive-compulsive symptoms.”
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“This finding builds on previous work reporting that cyberchondria is closely linked to health anxiety [3, 7-9, 19, 21, 22]”
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“Cyberchondria and intolerance of uncertainty have been shown to be associated with health anxiety [3, 7-10, 19, 21, 22, 34]”
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“These findings suggest that low self-esteem may represent a vulnerability factor for CYB [46].”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Muse, K., McManus, F., Leung, C., Meghreblian, B., & Williams, J. M. G.
- Affiliations
- Warneford Hospital (GB)
- Corresponding author
- McManus, Freda
- Venue
- Journal of Anxiety Disorders
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2012-01
- Volume
- 26
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 189-196
- ISSN
- 0887-6185 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2109943853
- Cited by
- 303
- References
- 45
- Citations by year
- 2026: 24 · 2025: 29 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 37 · 2022: 39 · 2021: 24 · 2020: 23 · 2019: 30 · 2018: 13 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 19 · 2015: 14 · 2014: 16 · 2013: 8 · 2012: 4
- FWCI
- 16.61
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- orcid.org
- Locations
- Journal of Anxiety Disorders (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Research Repository (University of Gloucestershire) (acceptedVersion)
- Research Repository (University of Gloucestershire) (submittedVersion)
- Worcester Research and Publications (University of Worcester) (submittedVersion)
- ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Wellcome Trust (GR 067797)
- Lupina Foundation
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Keywords
- health anxiety, online health information seeking, online search behavior, symptom checking, online support groups, online forums
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Anxiety, Female, Humans, Hypochondriasis, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Male, Surveys and Questionnaires, Internet, Information Seeking Behavior
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