Zhou Yi, Dai Lisha, Deng Yunlong, Zeng Hongling, Yang Lifeng
Department of Child-Adolescent Psychology, Wuhan Mental Health Center, Wuhan, China.
Department of Child-Adolescent Psychology, Wuhan Hospital for Psychotherapy, Wuhan, China.
Front Psychiatry. 2022 Oct 25;13:1043521. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1043521. eCollection 2022.
The pandemic has increased the level of perceived stress and provided a fertile soil for Cyberchondria. This study aims to investigate the relationship between stress, cyberchondria, and alexithymia.
This cross-sectional study used convenience sampling to carried out on a total 1,117 college students (female/male:536/581; mean age: 19.95 ± 1.32). Cyberchondria Severity Scale (CSS), Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS) and Short Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS-21) were used to assessed the present study variables.
Significant differences emerged for CSS scores by gender ( = 3.74, < 0.01) and had any comorbid disease ( = 2.47, < 0.05), The Pearson correlation showed Cyberchondria has a significant positive correlation with stress and alexithymia ( = 0.50, < 0.01, = 0.36, < 0.01). Furthermore, the regression analysis described that stress (β = 0.50, < 0.01) and alexithymia (β = 0.36, < 0.01) were the significant positive predictors of cyberchondria. Moreover, moderation analysis showed that alexithymia significantly strengthened the association between stress and cyberchondria ( = 107.20, < 0.01).
The study will help medical practitioners to understand how stress and alexithymia can cause an increase in cyberchondria. This will help them to elaborate operational indications for prevention and psychological support.
疫情增加了感知到的压力水平，并为网络疑病症提供了滋生土壤。本研究旨在调查压力、网络疑病症和述情障碍之间的关系。
本横断面研究采用便利抽样法，对总共1117名大学生进行了调查（女性/男性：536/581；平均年龄：19.95±1.32）。使用网络疑病症严重程度量表（CSS）、多伦多述情障碍量表（TAS）和简短抑郁焦虑压力量表（DASS-21）来评估本研究中的变量。
CSS得分在性别方面（=3.74，<0.01）和是否患有任何合并症方面（=2.47，<0.05）存在显著差异。Pearson相关性分析表明，网络疑病症与压力和述情障碍呈显著正相关（=0.50，<0.01，=0.36，<0.01）。此外，回归分析表明，压力（β=0.50，<0.01）和述情障碍（β=0.36，<0.01）是网络疑病症的显著正向预测因素。此外，调节分析表明，述情障碍显著增强了压力与网络疑病症之间的关联（=107.20，<0.01）。
该研究将有助于医学从业者了解压力和述情障碍如何导致网络疑病症的增加。这将有助于他们制定预防和心理支持的操作指南。
