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Intolerance of Uncertainty Moderates the Relation Between the Choice to Access Health Information and Post-Choice Distress Among Individuals Prone to Health Anxiety.
Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy ( IF 0.813 ) Pub Date : 2020-01-01 , DOI: 10.1891/0889-8391.34.1.70
Thomas A Fergus 1 , Anne L Kleinsasser 1 , Catherine A Ebarb 1
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Access to health information has steeply grown, mainly through the availability of online health information. Associated with a number of potential benefits, accessing health information can be non-adaptive and particularly for individuals prone to health anxiety. For those individuals, accessing health information often serves as reassurance seeking to assuage health concerns. However, accessing health information can prompt distress for individuals prone to health anxiety. The present study sought to further understand when accessing health information prompts distress by examining the moderating role of intolerance of uncertainty (IU). Individuals prone to health anxiety (N = 98), as indicated by an elevated score on a self-report measure rather than through formal assessment of meeting criteria for disorders marked by elevated health anxiety (e.g., illness anxiety disorder), participated in a lab-based session where they viewed a provocation of health concerns and were given the choice to either access or avoid further health information. As predicted, participants with high, but not low, IU reported significantly greater distress when they chose to access versus avoid health information. Study results further highlight IU as potentially important for understanding when accessing health information relates to greater negative emotionality. Future directions are discussed.

中文翻译:

对不确定性的不容忍在易患健康焦虑的个体中调节了获取健康信息的选择与选择后的痛苦之间的关系。

获取健康信息的途径急剧增加,主要是通过在线健康信息的可用性。与许多潜在的好处相关的是,访问健康信息可能是非适应性的,尤其是对于容易出现健康焦虑的人。对于这些人来说,访问健康信息通常可以作为寻求缓解健康问题的保证。然而,访问健康信息可能会给容易出现健康焦虑的人带来痛苦。本研究试图通过检查不确定性不容忍 (IU) 的调节作用,进一步了解访问健康信息何时会引发痛苦。容易出现健康焦虑的个体(N = 98),如自我报告测量的高分所表明的,而不是通过正式评估符合以健康焦虑症为标志的障碍(例如,疾病焦虑症)的标准,参加了基于实验室的会议,在那里他们看到了对健康问题的挑衅并且可以选择访问或避免进一步的健康信息。正如预测的那样,当他们选择访问而不是避免健康信息时,IU 高但不低的参与者报告了更大的痛​​苦。研究结果进一步强调,当访问健康信息与更大的负面情绪有关时,IU 对于理解可能很重要。讨论了未来的方向。参加了一个基于实验室的会议,在那里他们看到了对健康问题的挑衅,并可以选择访问或避免进一步的健康信息。正如预测的那样,当他们选择访问而不是避免健康信息时,IU 高但不低的参与者报告了更大的痛​​苦。研究结果进一步强调,当访问健康信息与更大的负面情绪有关时,IU 对于理解可能很重要。讨论了未来的方向。参加了一个基于实验室的会议,在那里他们看到了对健康问题的挑衅,并可以选择访问或避免进一步的健康信息。正如预测的那样,当他们选择访问而不是避免健康信息时,IU 高但不低的参与者报告了更大的痛​​苦。研究结果进一步强调,当访问健康信息与更大的负面情绪有关时,IU 对于理解可能很重要。讨论了未来的方向。
更新日期:2020-01-01
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