Cyberchondriasis: Fact or fiction? A preliminary examination of the relationship between health anxiety and searching for health information on the Internet

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 189-196

  Muse, Kate ^a   McManus, Freda ^a,b   Leung, Christie ^a   Meghreblian, Ben ^a   Williams, J Mark G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cyberchondria; Health anxiety; Health information; Hypochondriasis; Internet searching; Online searching

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYBERCHONDRIASIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH ANXIETY; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; ONLINE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84855485558     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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