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Impact of Excessive Online Health Searches on Parental Well-Being

Nurse Educators and Practitioners Journal
Introduction: Technology transformed how parents access health information, but excessive online searches, or cyberchondria, can fuel reassurance-seeking and anxiety in managing family health. Demographic factors like age, education, socioeconomic status,
Al-Laine E. Alba, Ma. Michaela L. Alcantara, Christine Dianne A. Casabar, Sophia Czarina T. Castañeda, Jehan Gwyneth U. Gabiola, Jasmine Bae H. Galaboc, Ralph Angelo S. Lugod, Adriano Lorenzo L. Macapugay, Reem Angela A. Manzanero, Julianne Theodore M. Marzan, Charlize Maegan B. Meneses, Rachel C. Alfonso   +11 more
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Hierarchical factor structure of the Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale short form (IUS-12) in the Italian version [PDF]

, 2016
Despite widespread use, few translations are available for the Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale short form (IUS-12) as well as limited research on its psychometric properties in Italy. Moreover, recent evidence has suggested a multifaceted hierarchical
Carleton, R. Nicholas, Lauriola, Marco, Mosca, Oriana   +2 more
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CYBERCHONDRIA AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG UNIVERSITY STAFF

Eskişehir Türk Dünyası Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi Halk Sağlığı Dergisi, 2022
The term "cyberchondria" has been used in the literature for the exacerbation of health anxiety as a result of searching for medical information on the Internet. There are limited studies on the prevalence and potential risk factors of cyberchondria. This study was carried out to determine the level of cyberchondria and related factors in university ...
Süleyman Utku Uzun, Mehmet Zencir
openaire   +3 more sources

THE IMPACT OF INDIVIDUAL HEALTH PERCEPTION ON CYBERCHONDRIA BEHAVIOR

Sabiad
Objectives: The aim of this study is to determine the effect of individual health perception on cyberchondria tendency and to identify differences in individual health perception and cyberchondria tendency according to various demographic variables ...
Mustafa Filiz, Yalçın Karagöz
doaj   +1 more source

Psychological Impact Analysis on Adolescents with Cyberchondria: a Literature Review

Psychocentrum Review, 2023
The development of information and communication technology has led teenagers to use gadgets and the internet for prolonged periods of time. Besides being used as a means of entertainment and communication, teenagers nowadays tend to search for health ...
Henny Indreswari, Shabrina Muyassirotul 'Aliyah, Achmad Miftachul 'Ilmi, Khairul Bariyyah   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cyberchondria in the age of COVID-19

PLOS ONE, 2020
The global epidemic of (mis)information, spreading rapidly via social media platforms and other outlets, can be a risk factor for the development of anxiety disorders among vulnerable individuals. Cyberchondria can be a vulnerability factor for developing anxiety in a pandemic situation, particularly when the Internet is flooded with (mis)information ...
Natasa Jokic-Begic, Anita Lauri Korajlija, Una Mikac   +2 more
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Prevalence and predictors of cyberchondria and depression amid COVID-19 pandemic in adult population of Uttar Pradesh, India

Archives of Medicine and Health Sciences, 2022
Background and Aim: COVID-19 pandemic and related measures of containment such as lockdown led to heavy reliance on Internet for education and leisure activities.
Saumya P Srivastava, Surya Kant Tiwari, Monika Negi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Age of Cyberchondria [PDF]

, 2012
The internet is a source of valuable medical information. However, it has the potential to increase anxiety in people who have no medical training, when it is employed as a diagnostic procedure.
Aiken, Mary, Berry, Mike, Kirwan, Grainne, O\u27Boyle, Ciaran A   +3 more
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Dimensionality in confirmatory factor analysis is not in the eye of the beholder: Ancillary bifactor statistical indices illuminate dimensionality and reliability

International Journal of Psychology, Volume 60, Issue 1, February 2025.
This tutorial delves into dimensionality assessment within the context of psychological measurement instruments, particularly focusing on bifactor models. It underscores the imperative to move beyond traditional fit indices when evaluating factor structures while highlighting the significance of ancillary bifactor indices such as explained common ...
Tyrone B. Pretorius, Anita Padmanabhanunni   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Web is missing an essential part of infrastructure: an Open Web Index

, 2019
A proposal for building an index of the Web that separates the infrastructure part of the search engine - the index - from the services part that will form the basis for myriad search engines and other services utilizing Web data on top of a public ...
Lewandowski, Dirk
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