Relationships between cyberchondria and obsessive-compulsive symptom dimensions

Norr, Aaron M.; Oglesby, Mary E.; Raines, Amanda M.; Macatee, Richard J.; Allan, Nicholas P.; Schmidt, Norman B.

doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2015.09.034

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“…The continuous nature of constructs suggests assessing a range of severity is an appropriate analytic approach; however, it is important to note that no study has yet examined if cyberchondria is best viewed as a categorical or dimensional construct. Researchers have suggested that data from respondents from the online community may be especially relevant to use when examining cyberchondria (Norr, Oglesby, et al, ). Additionally, known methods shown to increase the quality of remotely collected data were used in the present research (e.g., using only high‐reputation MTurk workers; Peer et al, ), and an accumulating body of research supports MTurk as a viable method for data collection (Chandler & Shapiro, ).…”

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Cyberchondria: Examining relations with problematic Internet use and metacognitive beliefs

Fergus

Spada

2017

Clin Psychology and Psychoth

116

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Cyberchondria refers to the repeated use of the Internet to search for health-related information, which leads to negative consequences. This two-part study provides the first known examination of how cyberchondria relates to (a) problematic Internet use and (b) metacognitive beliefs. Participants were U.S. community adults who reported using the Internet to search for health-related information (Study 1: N = 337, Study 2: N = 260). In Study 1, cyberchondria shared a strong association with problematic Internet use, and that association was unaccounted for by age, gender, current reported medical status, negative affect, or health anxiety. In Study 2, cyberchondria was found to share moderate to strong associations with metacognitive beliefs. The association between cyberchondria and metacognitive beliefs about the uncontrollability of thoughts remained intact after accounting for the Study 1 covariates, as well as anxiety sensitivity and intolerance of uncertainty. Neither anxiety sensitivity nor intolerance of uncertainty shared unique associations with cyberchondria. These results provide a preliminary indication that a metacognitive conceptualization of problematic Internet use may be applicable to cyberchondria.

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Cyberchondria: Examining relations with problematic Internet use and metacognitive beliefs

Fergus

Spada

2017

Clin Psychology and Psychoth

116

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“…They revealed that cleaning subscale had a unique relationship with all subscales of cyberchondria. Checking compulsion also had a strong relationship with cyberchondria but not as much as cleaning and cleaning (31).…”

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“…Cyberchondria is recognized to be the perilous and uncontrolled product of civilization. Graham has dubbed cyberchondria as a viral phenomenon and Kohler named it a destructive virus (31).…”

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The Role of Anxiety Sensitivity, Intolerance of Uncertainty, and Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms in the prediction of Cyberchondria

Zangoulechi

Yousefi

Keshavarz

2018

ABCMed

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Frequent search for health-related data on the internet that escalates anxiety experience is called cyberchondria. The aim of this study was to determine the role of anxiety sensitivity, intolerance of uncertainty and obsessive-compulsive symptoms in the prediction of cyberchondria. The study was performed on 177 students of Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran. The samples were recruited using clustering sampling method. Data were collected using Cyberchondria Sensitivity Scale (CSS), Anxiety Sensitivity Index-Revised (ASIR), Maudsley Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory (MOCI), and Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale (IUS). According to the regression analysis, anxiety sensitivity, intolerance of uncertainty and obsessive-compulsive symptoms positively and significantly predicted cyberchondria. According to the results, the interpretation of physical sensations as dangers, uncertainty about the origin of these senses, and the feeling of responsibility and coercion to be sure about the health leads the individual to frequently search medical information through the Internet.

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“…The study was limited by the use of self-assessment scales instead of clinician-rated questionnaires. Additionally, we identified a study on the potential relation between OCD symptom dimensions and cyberchondria 13. The latter refers to excessive use of online search engines to look for medical information driven by concerns about physical health.…”

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Social media and smartphone technology in the symptomatology of OCD

Bennekom¹,

Koning

Denys

2018

BMJ Case Reports

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Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a disabling and heterogeneous psychiatric disorder. In line with the trend towards globalisation and modern technology, the thematic content of obsessions and compulsions is bound to evolve over time. However, assessment scales such as the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale symptom checklist are not adapted accordingly. By means of two case reports, we would like to introduce social media and smartphone technology in the content of obsessions and compulsions. Our aim is to raise awareness among clinicians of these topics in key symptomatology of OCD and to propose a flexible adaptation of the Y-BOCS symptom checklist. Furthermore, we encourage the development of exposure and response prevention exercises with a focus on social media and smartphone technology.

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Relationships between cyberchondria and obsessive-compulsive symptom dimensions

Cited by 59 publications

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Cyberchondria: Examining relations with problematic Internet use and metacognitive beliefs

Cyberchondria: Examining relations with problematic Internet use and metacognitive beliefs

The Role of Anxiety Sensitivity, Intolerance of Uncertainty, and Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms in the prediction of Cyberchondria

Social media and smartphone technology in the symptomatology of OCD

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