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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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Autores principales: Liu, Shengyingjie, Yang, Huai, Cheng, Min, Miao, Tianchang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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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
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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/).
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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
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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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