Modern health worries, subjective somatic symptoms, somatosensory amplification, and health anxiety in adolescents

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ID4735482
AutoresAnett Freyler (Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary), Zita Kőhegyi (Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary), Ferenc Köteles (0000-0001-5460-5759, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary), Gyöngyi Kökönyei (0000-0001-6750-2644, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary), György Bàrdos (0000-0002-5223-9887, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary)
Año2013
Volumen18
Número6
Páginas773-781
Fecha de publicación2013-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Health Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1359-1053 • E-ISSN: 1461-7277
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1359105313479629
PMID23520346
OpenAlexW2083513425
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas28

The cross-sectional study aimed at the psychometric evaluation of the Modern Health Worries Scale in adolescents and the exploration of the relationship among modern health worries, somatosensory amplification, health anxiety, and somatic symptoms. A total of 480 secondary school students (aged between 14 and 19 years) completed a set of questionnaires. Four-factor structure of the scale was confirmed by confirmatory factor analysis. Modern health worries were connected to somatosensory amplification and health anxiety, and somatosensory amplification and health anxiety were partial mediators of the connection between modern health worries and somatic symptoms. Perceived vulnerability (conceptualized as somatosensory amplification and health anxiety) appears to build a "social-cognitive-emotional bridge" between symptoms and modern health worries

Anxiety · Confirmatory factor analysis · Mental health · Psychiatry · Structural equation modeling · Eating Disorders and Behaviors · Humor Studies and Applications · Medicine · Psychology · Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments · Clinical Psychology