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Family Dysfunction and Cyberchondria among Chinese Adolescents: A Moderated Mediation Model
Cyberchondria has become a severe health problem and a significant public concern. In addition to the impacts that cyberchondria involves, individual psychological and behavioral factors have been identified. However, the role of family function and the mediating and moderating mechanisms underlying...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9368117/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35955070 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19159716 |
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author | Liu, Shengyingjie Yang, Huai Cheng, Min Miao, Tianchang |
author_facet | Liu, Shengyingjie Yang, Huai Cheng, Min Miao, Tianchang |
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description | Cyberchondria has become a severe health problem and a significant public concern. In addition to the impacts that cyberchondria involves, individual psychological and behavioral factors have been identified. However, the role of family function and the mediating and moderating mechanisms underlying these relations are not understood well, especially among adolescents. Based on family functioning and cognitive-behavioral theory, this study sought to examine whether family dysfunction was associated with cyberchondria, and a moderated mediation model was prepared as a means of exploring whether health anxiety was a mediator of relationships between family dysfunction and cyberchondria, as well as whether optimism moderated these mediating processes. A total of 2074 Chinese adolescents (mean = 15.08 years, SD = 1.79) reported their demographic information, family dysfunction, health anxiety, optimism, and cyberchondria. The findings showed that family dysfunction was positively related to cyberchondria. Moreover, health anxiety partially mediated the relationship between family dysfunction and cyberchondria. Finally, optimism moderated the interplay among health anxiety and cyberchondria. Consistent with the expectancy-value models, this positive relationship was weaker for adolescents with a higher level of optimism. These results suggest that it is vital to simultaneously consider individual and family factors as a means of understanding adolescent cyberchondria when performing cyberchondria intervention programs. |
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spelling | pubmed-93681172022-08-12 Family Dysfunction and Cyberchondria among Chinese Adolescents: A Moderated Mediation Model Liu, Shengyingjie Yang, Huai Cheng, Min Miao, Tianchang Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Cyberchondria has become a severe health problem and a significant public concern. In addition to the impacts that cyberchondria involves, individual psychological and behavioral factors have been identified. However, the role of family function and the mediating and moderating mechanisms underlying these relations are not understood well, especially among adolescents. Based on family functioning and cognitive-behavioral theory, this study sought to examine whether family dysfunction was associated with cyberchondria, and a moderated mediation model was prepared as a means of exploring whether health anxiety was a mediator of relationships between family dysfunction and cyberchondria, as well as whether optimism moderated these mediating processes. A total of 2074 Chinese adolescents (mean = 15.08 years, SD = 1.79) reported their demographic information, family dysfunction, health anxiety, optimism, and cyberchondria. The findings showed that family dysfunction was positively related to cyberchondria. Moreover, health anxiety partially mediated the relationship between family dysfunction and cyberchondria. Finally, optimism moderated the interplay among health anxiety and cyberchondria. Consistent with the expectancy-value models, this positive relationship was weaker for adolescents with a higher level of optimism. These results suggest that it is vital to simultaneously consider individual and family factors as a means of understanding adolescent cyberchondria when performing cyberchondria intervention programs. MDPI 2022-08-07 /pmc/articles/PMC9368117/ /pubmed/35955070 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19159716 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Liu, Shengyingjie Yang, Huai Cheng, Min Miao, Tianchang Family Dysfunction and Cyberchondria among Chinese Adolescents: A Moderated Mediation Model |
title | Family Dysfunction and Cyberchondria among Chinese Adolescents: A Moderated Mediation Model |
title_full | Family Dysfunction and Cyberchondria among Chinese Adolescents: A Moderated Mediation Model |
title_fullStr | Family Dysfunction and Cyberchondria among Chinese Adolescents: A Moderated Mediation Model |
title_full_unstemmed | Family Dysfunction and Cyberchondria among Chinese Adolescents: A Moderated Mediation Model |
title_short | Family Dysfunction and Cyberchondria among Chinese Adolescents: A Moderated Mediation Model |
title_sort | family dysfunction and cyberchondria among chinese adolescents: a moderated mediation model |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9368117/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35955070 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19159716 |
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