Cyberchondria and its relationship to Somatic symptom disorder and the Irrational Beliefs among university students

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Tanta University . College of Education. Department of Mental Health - Arab Republic of Egypt

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This study aimed to investigate the nature of the relationship between cyberchondria (Search for health information online) and both somatic symptom disorder and irrational beliefs about health, as well as to identify the differences between the gender in cyberchondria, and to predict cyberchondria through the variables of somatic symptom disorder and irrational beliefs about health. The sample of the study consisted of (300) male and female students at the university, and used the following: the cyberchondria scale (prepared by the researcher), the Somatic symptom disorder scale (prepared by the researcher) and the scale of irrational beliefs about health (prepared by the researcher).The results showed that there is a positive correlation between cyberchondria and both Somatic symptom disorder and irrational beliefs about health among university students, and the results showed that there are statistically significant differences between the gender in cyberchondria in favor of females. Cyberchondria can also be predicted by variables of somatic symptom disorder and irrational beliefs about health. Finally, there are fundamental differences between high cyberchondria and low cyberchondria in personality dynamics

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المجلة التربوية لکلية التربية بسوهاج
Volume 119, Issue 119 - Serial Number 119
مناهج وطرق التدریس ( اللغة العربیة- الإنجلیزیة – الفرنسیة – الریاضیات – العلوم- الفنون- الاقتصاد المنزلی- التجاری ... )
March 2024
Pages 309-379

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  • Receive Date: 10 December 2023
  • Revise Date: 17 December 2023
  • Accept Date: 21 December 2023

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