Publications by authors named "Sandra Schenkel"
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- * The research involved 171 participants divided into three groups (hypochondriasis patients, clinical patients, and healthy individuals) who completed questionnaires, leading to the identification of three relevant subfacets of cyberchondria.
- * Findings suggest that while emotional distress from health-related searches is a key feature for hypochondriasis patients, other aspects of cyberchondria are less specific; the study emphasizes understanding how this behavior reinforces anxiety in such patients. *
Background: Cyberchondria describes the detrimental effects of health-related internet use. Current conceptualizations agree that cyberchondria is associated with anxiety-related pathologies and may best be conceptualized as a safety behavior; however, little is known about its exact underlying mechanisms.
Objective: This systematic review and meta-analysis aims to give an overview of the conceptualizations of cyberchondria and its relation to anxiety-related pathologies, quantify the strength of association to health anxiety by using meta-analyses, highlight gaps in the literature, and outline a hypothetical integrative cognitive-behavioral model of cyberchondria based on the available empirical evidence.
Objective: Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) is the best-evaluated psychological approach to treat patients with medically unexplained symptoms (MUS). We still need a better understanding of what characterizes patients with MUS who benefit more or less from CBT. This systematic review aimed to identify patients' cognitive-emotional characteristics predicting the outcome of CBT for MUS.
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