Are Cyberchondria and Intolerance of Uncertainty Related to Smartphone Addiction
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15440846 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Aleksandar Vujić (0000-0002-5235-114X, Eötvös Loránd University), Marija Volarov (0000-0002-8451-6113, Educons University), Milan Latas (0000-0001-8375-3865, University of Belgrade), Zsolt Demetrovics (0000-0001-5604-7551, Eötvös Loránd University), Orsolya Réthelyi (0000-0003-1086-6943), Orsolya Király (0000-0001-9981-4212, Eötvös Loránd University), Attila Szabó (0000-0001-7833-8894, Eötvös Loránd University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 3361-3379 |
| Publication date | 2023-05-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1557-1874 • E-ISSN: 1557-1882 |
| Publisher | Springer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11469-023-01054-6 |
| PMID | 37363761 |
| OpenAlex | W4367856856 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 87 |
Smartphones are a medium for performing online activities, and one such activity could be the compulsive online health information search - cyberchondria. This study aimed to test whether cyberchondria and intolerance of uncertainty (IU) positively predict smartphone addiction (SA), adjusted for age, gender, daily use duration, the reason for using smartphones, and symptoms of anxiety and depression. The sample consisted of 471 adults (55.2% women) from the general population without chronic diseases ( M age = 38.67). Regression analysis showed that IU was a positive predictor of SA ( β = .17, p β = .14, p < .001), which had a unique contribution to the explanation of SA, relative to IU. Other significant predictors were average daily smartphone use and entertainment use, the latter being the strongest predictor in the model. These results revealed cyberchondria as a unique predictor of SA
Addiction · Environmental health · Health psychology · Psychiatry · Public health · Quality of Life Research · Smartphone addiction · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes · Clinical Psychology · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Media Influence and Health · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology
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| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |