The cyberchondria severity scale (CSS): Validity and reliability study of the Turkish version

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dc.contributor.authorSelvi Y.
dc.contributor.authorTuran S.G.
dc.contributor.authorSayin A.A.
dc.contributor.authorBoysan M.
dc.contributor.authorKandeger A.
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-26T20:11:51Z
dc.date.available2020-03-26T20:11:51Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.departmentSelçuk Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractObjective: Even though the internet is a valuable resource for medical information, it has the potential to increase anxiety, fear or obsessive-compulsive behaviours, particularly among individuals more prone to health related anxiety. Researchers have found that health anxiety, hypochondria, and online health searches are associated with increased anxious symptomatology. The aim of this study is to investigate the psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the Cyberchondria Severity Scale, a measure of online health anxiety. Method: Three hundred thirty-seven university students with an age range of 16-55 were included in the study. The Cyberchondria Severity Scale (CSS), Internet Addiction Test (IAT), Anxiety Sensitivity Inventory-3 (ASI-3), and Health Anxiety Inventory (HAI) were administered to participants. Results: Confirmatory factor analysis revealed that five-factor solution best fit to the data. The overall and subscales of the CSS had excellent internal consistency (Cronbach ? = 0.91, for the overall measure, and Cronbach ? values ranged from 0.78 to 0.87), with an exception of 'mistruct of medical professional' subscale (Cronbach ? = 0.64). The total and subscales of the CSS had generally good convergent validity. Conclusion: The CSS is a newly developed screening tool to assess online health anxiety, and present study demonstrated that the Turkish version of the scale had promising psychometric properties. © 2017 Springer Verlag. All rights reserved.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.5350/Sleep.Hypn.2018.20.0157en_US
dc.identifier.endpage246en_US
dc.identifier.issn1302-1192en_US
dc.identifier.issue4en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ4en_US
dc.identifier.startpage241en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.5350/Sleep.Hypn.2018.20.0157
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12395/37241
dc.identifier.volume20en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherKure Iletisim Grubu A.S.en_US
dc.relation.ispartofSleep and Hypnosisen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.selcuk20240510_oaigen_US
dc.subjectCyberchondriaen_US
dc.subjectHealth anxietyen_US
dc.subjectScaleen_US
dc.subjectTurkishen_US
dc.subjectValiditationen_US
dc.titleThe cyberchondria severity scale (CSS): Validity and reliability study of the Turkish versionen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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