The effect of cyberchondria on anxiety, depression and quality of life during COVID-19: the mediational role of obsessive-compulsive symptoms and Internet addiction
Since the global pandemic of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), online health information-seeking behaviors have notably increased. Cyberchondria can be a vulnerability factor for the worsening of anxiety-depressive symptoms and quality of life. The current study aims to understand the predict...
Main Authors: | Federica Ambrosini, Roberto Truzoli, Matteo Vismara, Daniele Vitella, Roberta Biolcati |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2022-05-01
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Series: | Heliyon |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844022007253 |
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