Cyberchondria scale (CS): development, validity and reliability study
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Objective: The aim of the current study is to develop culture specific, multidimensional and self-report Cyberchondria Scale (CS) which can be used to evaluate one’s emotional, cognitive and behavioral tendency to cyberchondria and to determine the psychometric properties of this scale. Method: The study was conducted with two different samples consisted of Internet users. To investigate the factor structure, the first sample was composed of 250 (49.6% women, 50.4% men) individuals aged between 18 and 65. The second sample in which confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was conducted consisted of 360 (61.1% women, 38.3% men) individuals aged between 18 and 65. In addition to CS, Internet Addiction Scale (IAS), Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) and Health Anxiety Inventory (HAI) were used in this study. Results: The exploratory and CFA revealed a five-factor structure called “Factors Increasing Anxiety”, “Compulsion/Hypochondria”, “Factors Decreasing Anxiety”, “Doctor-Patient Interaction”, “Dysfunctional Internet Use”. The model obtained by CFA represented acceptable goodness of fit values and other reliability and validity values were found to be satisfactory. Conclusion: CS could be evaluated as a valid and reliable scale which would be used in clinical and health psychology studies conducted in Turkey.
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- Authors
- Durak Batigun, A., Gor, N., Komurcu, B., & Senkal Erturk, I.
- Venue
- Dusunen Adam The Journal of Psychiatry and Neurological Sciences
- Publisher
- Kare Publishing
- Published
- 2018-06-29
- Pages
- 148-162
- ISSN
- 1018-8681 (ISSN-L)
- 1309-5749
- OpenAlex
- W2809656037
- Cited by
- 76
- References
- 58
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 1 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 8.82
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Locations
- Dusunen Adam The Journal of Psychiatry and Neurological Sciences (publishedVersion)
- 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 › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Keywords
- cyberchondria, scale development, psychometric properties, factor structure, health anxiety, doctor-patient interaction, compulsive behavior, internet users
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