Investigation of the effect of internet addiction on cyberchondria.
This research was conducted to examine the effect of internet addiction on cyberchondria. The research is important to understand how today's digital technologies contribute to health-related concerns and affect individuals' perceptions of health. Quantitative research design was used in this resear...
| Publicado en: | Psychology, Health & Medicine Vol. 30; no. 6; pp. 1187 - 1199 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jul2025
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=186082007&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 186082007 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 13548506 0UX jtl: Psychology, Health & Medicine issn: 13548506 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jul2025 vid: 30 iid: 6 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania artinfo: ui: 186082007 182431351 186082007 186082007 10.1080/13548506.2025.2458794 186082007 ppf: 1187 ppct: 12 formats: tig: atl: Investigation of the effect of internet addiction on cyberchondria. aug: au: Yorulmaz, Mehmet Göde, Ali Aydoğdu, Adil Dilekçi, Rabia affil: Department of Health Management, Selcuk University Faculty of Health Sciences, Konya, Turkey sug: subj: Internet Addiction Psychosocial Factors Information Seeking Behavior Behavior, Addictive Psychosocial Factors Social Media Access to Information Hypochondriasis Health Status Human Turkiye Male Female Scales Adolescence Adult Convenience Sample Descriptive Statistics Confidence Intervals Pearson's Correlation Coefficient Linear Regression T-Tests Analysis of Variance Income Employment Status Occupation (Human) Internet Utilization Time Factors Mental Health Anxiety Psychosocial Factors Adolescent: 13-18 years Adult: 19-44 years Male Female ab: This research was conducted to examine the effect of internet addiction on cyberchondria. The research is important to understand how today's digital technologies contribute to health-related concerns and affect individuals' perceptions of health. Quantitative research design was used in this research conducted in Konya, a metropolitan city in Turkey. The study was conducted using the convenience sampling method on 403 participants. In the research, 'Personal Information Form', 'Internet Addiction Scale' and 'Cyberchondria Scale' were used. The data were analyzed with the SPSS program. As an analysis method, upon determining that the data were normally distributed, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation and simple linear regression analyzes were applied in independent groups. The majority of participants (69%) were female, 52.9% were between the ages of 18–27 and 53.8% were married. In terms of education level, 44.9% had a bachelor's degree or higher, and 59.6% earned minimum wage or less. Among the occupational groups, the largest proportion was students (31.5%), and their daily internet use was mostly 2–3 hours (44.4%). Internet is most frequently used for social media (47.4%) and news/agenda follow-up (25.1%). Within the scope of the research, internet addiction varies significantly according to the participants' age groups, education levels, professions, average daily internet usage time, and internet usage purposes; it was found that the cyberchondria levels of the participants showed significant differences according to the variables of income level, profession, daily internet usage time and internet use purpose. The research revealed a positive and significant relationship between the level of internet addiction and the level of cyberchondria. It has also been observed that internet addiction has a positive and significant effect on cyberchondria. These results show that cyberchondria tendencies become stronger with the increase in internet use among individuals. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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