ArticleJournal of anxiety disorders2020
Health anxiety, cyberchondria, and coping in the current COVID-19 pandemic: Which factors are related to coronavirus anxiety?
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- Mechanistic studies in pathological health anxiety: A systematic review and emerging conceptual framework.Journal of affective disorders · 2024Pooled it
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- The effect of online solution-focused support program on parents with high level of anxiety in the COVID-19 pandemic: A randomised controlled study.International journal of clinical practice · 2021Trial
- The mediating and moderating role of COVID-19 coping attitudes in the relationship between coronavirus anxiety and cyberchondria.BMC psychology · 2026Article
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- Prevalence and Associated Factors of Cyberchondria: A Scoping Review.TheScientificWorldJournal · 2026Article
- Examining the relationships between e-health literacy, cyberchondria, health anxiety, and health perception among foreign university students.BMC public health · 2025Article
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- The Effect of Being Vaccinated and National Vaccination Rates on Individuals' Cognitions, Emotions, and Economic Expectations: Evidence from Israel.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2025Article
- The Reciprocal Relationship Between Parental eHealth Literacy Mediation and Adolescents' eHealth Literacy: Three-Wave Longitudinal Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Symptom Attributions in Illness Anxiety Disorder.Journal of clinical psychology · 2025Article
- A transdiagnostic approach to investigate of the relationships between anxiety sensitivity and health anxiety: the mediated roles of distress tolerance and emotion regulation.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- The Relationship Between E-Health Literacy, Health Anxiety, Cyberchondria, and Death Anxiety in University Students That Study in Health Related Department.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2025Article
- Health anxiety and physical activity among young and middle-aged employees: the role of self-compassion and coping strategies.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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Abstract
According to cognitive-behavioral models, traits, triggering events, cognitions, and adverse behaviors play a pivotal role in the development and maintenance of health anxiety. During virus outbreaks, anxiety is widespread. However, the role of trait health anxiety, cyberchondria, and coping in the context of virus anxiety during the current COVID-19 pandemic has not yet been studied. An online survey was conducted in the German general population (N = 1615, 79.8 % female, M
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