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Health anxiety, cyberchondria, and coping in the current COVID-19 pandemic: Which factors are related to coronavirus anxiety?

Michael WitthöftStefanie M. Jungmann

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AdultMaleemotion regulation050103 clinical psychologyCoping (psychology)Pneumonia ViralPopulationvirus anxietyAnxietyEmotional AdjustmentCyberchondriaArticleBetacoronavirus03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineRisk FactorsGermanyPandemicmedicineHumans0501 psychology and cognitive scienceseducationPandemicsRetrospective StudiesInterneteducation.field_of_studySARS-CoV-205 social sciencesCOVID-19Cognitionmedicine.diseaseModerationHealth SurveysEmotional RegulationHypochondriasis030227 psychiatryhealth anxietyPsychiatry and Mental healthClinical PsychologyTraitAnxietyFemalemedicine.symptomCoronavirus InfectionsPsychologycyberchondriaClinical psychology

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Highlights • First study on anxiety and cyberchondria during the COVID-19 pandemic. • The increase in virus anxiety was particularly strong with elevated health anxiety. • Health anxiety, cyberchondria, and virus anxiety are positively associated. • Combined health anxiety and cyberchondria is associated with strong virus anxiety. • Being informed and adaptive emotion regulation can have a beneficial effect.

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2020-06-01Journal of Anxiety Disorders
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2020.102239