Reexamining the domain of hypochondriasis: Comparing the Illness Attitudes Scale to other approaches

Fergus, Thomas A.; Valentiner, David P.

doi:10.1016/j.janxdis.2009.02.016

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“…The mean SHAI score of participants in the low health anxiety group (6.19) was below mean scores reported in non-clinical samples (e.g. 10.36 reported in Fergus & Valentiner, 2009). …”

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

Muse

McManus

Leung

et al. 2012

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

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“…The mean SHAI score of participants in the low health anxiety group (6.19) was below mean scores reported in non-clinical samples (e.g. 10.36 reported in Fergus & Valentiner, 2009). …”

Section: Participantscontrasting

confidence: 63%

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

Muse

McManus

Leung

et al. 2012

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

214

160

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“…Also, higher mean-level SHAI scores have been found in individuals suffering from HC relative to individuals suffering from a non-HC anxiety disorder and nonclinical controls (Abramowitz et al 2007b;Salkovskis et al 2002;Wheaton et al 2010). However, one study found the SHAI scales to be redundant with a measure of HC (i.e., the Illness Attitudes Scale) in predicting a behavioral component of the disorder (i.e., medical utilization; Fergus and Valentiner 2009). Further, the convergence of the SHAI scales with a measure that was designed to be consistent with the conceptualization of HC as health anxiety remains unexamined.…”

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The Short Health Anxiety Inventory and Multidimensional Inventory of Hypochondriacal Traits: A Comparison of Two Self-Report Measures of Health Anxiety

Fergus

Valentiner

2011

Cogn Ther Res

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Using data from a large nonclinical sample (N = 503), the current study examined the convergence and utility of the Short Health Anxiety Inventory (SHAI; Salkovskis et al., in Psychol Med 32:843-853, 2002) and the Multidimensional Inventory of Hypochondriacal Traits (MIHT; Longley et al., in Psychol Assess 17: 3-14, 2005). Results from a higher-order measurement model indicated that the SHAI and the MIHT factors were distinguishable and generally shared significant intercorrelations. The affective factor of the SHAI and the MIHT shared the strongest convergence and the MIHT cognitive factor clustered with both affective factors. Further, a higherorder health anxiety factor adequately accounted for SHAI-MIHT factor intercorrelations, with the affective and cognitive factors of the SHAI and the MIHT loading strongest upon the higher-order factor. Finally, only the affective and cognitive SHAI and MIHT scales incrementally contributed-beyond general distress and the other SHAI and MIHT scales-in regression analyses predicting medical utilization and somatic symptoms. Implications for the conceptualization and assessment of health anxiety are discussed.

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“…The affective dimension of the IAS consisted of summing nine of the items that had primary loadings on the IAS-disease phobia (i.e., fear of illness, death, disease, and pain) factor and the cognitive dimension of the IAS consisted of summing the four items that had primary loadings on the IAS-disease conviction factor (following Hadjistavropoulos, Frombach, 8c Asmundson, 1999). Both IAS scales have demonstrated adequate psychometric properties in prior studies (Fergus 8c Valentiner, 2009). The affective scale (Cronbach's a = .90) ofthe IAS demonstrated good internal consistency in this study and, given its brevity, the cognitive scale (a = .77) of the IAS demonstrated adequate internal consistency in this study.…”

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The Affective and Cognitive Dimensions of Health Anxiety Are Associated With Different Orientations to Health Threat

Fergus¹,

Valentiner

2012

J Cogn Psychother

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Using a sample of medically healthy college students (N = 412), this study examined whether the two core dimensions of health anxiety share differential relations with orientations (approach and avoidance) to health threat. These two dimensions are an affective dimension marked by health worry and a cognitive dimension marked by disease conviction. Using a scenario-based measure that depicted potential health threats, the tendency to respond to such threats using safety behaviors that paralleled either approach or avoidance behavior was assessed. As predicted, zero-order and partial correlation analyses revealed that approachbased safety behaviors were especially relevant to the affective dimension of health anxiety and avoidance-based safety behaviors were especially relevant to the cognitive dimension of health anxiety. Conceptual and therapeutic implications are discussed.

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Reexamining the domain of hypochondriasis: Comparing the Illness Attitudes Scale to other approaches

Cited by 28 publications

References 50 publications

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

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

The Short Health Anxiety Inventory and Multidimensional Inventory of Hypochondriacal Traits: A Comparison of Two Self-Report Measures of Health Anxiety

The Affective and Cognitive Dimensions of Health Anxiety Are Associated With Different Orientations to Health Threat

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