New challenges in facing cyberchondria during the coronavirus disease pandemic

M Vismara, A Varinelli, L Pellegrini, A Enara… - Current opinion in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•Cyberchondria (CYB) is a compulsive form of Internet searching for health-related
information.•Females, younger individuals, and history of mental disorder represent risk …

[HTML][HTML] Using fear and anxiety related to COVID-19 to predict cyberchondria: Cross-sectional survey study

X Wu, N Nazari, MD Griffiths - Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2021 - jmir.org
Background Studies have highlighted that fear and anxiety generated by COVID-19 are
important psychological factors that affect all populations. There currently remains a lack of …

Cyberchondria: a growing concern during the COVID-19 pandemic and a possible addictive disorder?

G Mestre-Bach, MN Potenza - Current Addiction Reports, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review The main purpose of this narrative review is to provide a brief
overview of the current empirical evidence regarding the conceptualization, assessment …

How does information overload about COVID-19 vaccines influence individuals' vaccination intentions? The roles of cyberchondria, perceived risk, and vaccine …

A Honora, KY Wang, WH Chih - Computers in Human Behavior, 2022 - Elsevier
This research proposes and tests an integrated model to explain how information overload
influence vaccine skepticism and vaccination intention. In addition, this research …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on searching for health-related information and cyberchondria on the general population in Italy

M Vismara, D Vitella, R Biolcati, F Ambrosini… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Objectives: The Internet has become one of the most common sources people use to search
for health-related information, a behavior rapidly increased during the novel Coronavirus …

Postpartum depressive symptoms of Brazilian women during the COVID-19 pandemic measured by the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale

MAK Galletta, AMSS Oliveira, JGL Albertini… - Journal of affective …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background The COVID-19 pandemic gave rise to concerns about its potential impact on the
mental health of pregnant and postpartum women as the general postpartum depression …

Why did people avoid information during the COVID-19 pandemic? Understanding information sources' dynamics among Pakistani Z generation

SH Soroya, A Faiola - Library Hi Tech, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose Grounded in the stressor-strain-outcome model, this study aims to examine the
impact of different information sources on information behavior among the Pakistani Z …

[HTML][HTML] Cyberchondria amidst COVID-19 pandemic: challenges and management strategies

R Varma, S Das, T Singh - Frontiers in psychiatry, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The corona-virus disease 2019 (COVID-19), first found in Wuhan, China in December 2019,
has posed an inexplicable threat to the global community. After its inception, the virus …

The association between fear of Covid-19 and smartphone addiction among individuals: the mediating and moderating role of cyberchondria severity

FC Yam, O Korkmaz, MD Griffiths - Current Psychology, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) has quickly spread all over the world
and has contributed to psychological consequences including fear of the virus. Depending …

Anxious temperament and cyberchondria as mediated by fear of COVID-19 infection: a cross-sectional study

W Oniszczenko - PLoS One, 2021 - journals.plos.org
This study's main goal was to evaluate the association between anxious temperament and
the fear of COVID-19-related self-infection and infection in loved ones (family members …