Přehled o publikaci
2025
Relationship Between Adolescent Health Anxiety and Health-Related Internet Use : 3-Wave Longitudinal Survey Study
ŠVESTKOVÁ, Adéla; David ŠMAHEL and Lenka DĚDKOVÁBasic information
Original name
Relationship Between Adolescent Health Anxiety and Health-Related Internet Use : 3-Wave Longitudinal Survey Study
Authors
ŠVESTKOVÁ, Adéla; David ŠMAHEL and Lenka DĚDKOVÁ
Edition
Journal of Medical Internet Research, Toronto, JMIR Publications, 2025, 1438-8871
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Article in a journal
Country of publisher
Canada
Confidentiality degree
is not subject to a state or trade secret
References:
Organization
Fakulta sociálních studií – Repository – Repository
UT WoS
999
EID Scopus
999
Keywords in English
adolescence; adolescent; anxiety; Czech; health anxiety; health anxiety; health related internet use; health-related internet use; HRIU; hypochondriasis; internet; longitudinal study; longitudinal; random intercept cross-lagged panel model; RI-CLPM; well-being
Links
CZ.02.01.01/00/22_008/0004583, interní kód Repo. EH22_008/0004583, research and development project.
Changed: 30/10/2025 00:50, RNDr. Daniel Jakubík
Abstract
In the original language
lt;.001), and health anxiety positively affected HRIU with medium effect from Wave 2 to Wave 3 (β=.11; P=.03). Conclusions: Adolescents with lower, rather than high, health anxiety are susceptible to the negative long-term effects of HRIU. For adolescents with high health anxiety, HRIU neither worsens nor relieves health anxiety over time, suggesting that counselors should recommend other coping strategies besides HRIU. Adolescents with medium to low health anxiety should be guided toward mindful HRIU to prevent increased health anxiety after HRIU. This includes fostering eHealth literacy (eg, recognizing personally irrelevant information and awareness of sensationalism in media) and coping mechanisms (eg, time or topic limits, or intentional rather than compulsive searching).
