Hypochondriasis

Warwick, Hilary M. C.; Šalkovskis, Paul M.

doi:10.1016/0005-7967(90)90023-c

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“…In addition to these two factors, the social-cognitive model of health anxiety (Warwick and Salkovskis 1990) proposes that health anxiety depends on the degree to which people perceive that they have coping resources (e.g. not only individual coping styles but also medical and informal support) to help them to influence the course of a condition.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…As a first step in establishing DW as a construct, we propose a heuristically useful definition of DW and examine some aspects of the philosophical and cultural background of DW. Inspired by prominent social-cognitive models of health behaviour (Health Belief Model; Rosenstock 1974) and health anxiety (Warwick and Salkovskis 1990), we then examine factors that may contribute to the relatively high prevalence of DW on the population level and outline possible adaptive as well as maladaptive consequences that may result from DW. This examination leads to suggestions for future research and some final conclusions.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Dementia worry: a psychological examination of an unexplored phenomenon

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According to recent surveys, dementia worry (DW) is a widespread phenomenon in mid-life and old age, at least in Western populations. DW has been shown to be only loosely related to sociodemographic factors. Unfortunately, the concept of DW has found only very little conceptual and empirical attention in previous research. In this conceptual review, we take (mostly) a psychological approach to DW. First, we define DW as an emotional response to the perceived threat of developing dementia. We then conceptualise DW as a hybrid, combining elements of ageing anxiety and health anxiety. On the population level, we argue that the high prevalence of DW may be reflective of the increasing awareness of dementia in times of increasing ''dementia encounters', widespread misperceptions of risks and consequences of dementia and a perceived lack of coping resources. Finally, we propose that DW may affect a range of important behaviours, such as how people interpret evidence of their own or others' age-related cognitive changes, how they interact with people with dementia, how they anticipate and plan for their future, how they engage in screening and prevention behaviours and how they exploit healthcare resources. We conclude with suggestions for future research, including a further in-depth investigation of psychological and micro-/ macrosocial factors associated with DW.

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Dementia worry: a psychological examination of an unexplored phenomenon

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“…vezet (1. ábra). A viselkedés-változás rövid távon csökkenteni képes ugyan a szorongást, ám hosszabb távon megerôsíti a betegséggel kapcsolatos téves hiedelmeket, így végsô soron azok fennmaradását szolgálja (Abramowitz, Deacon, & Valentiner, 2007;Warwick & Salkovskis, 1990;Wheaton, Berman, Franklin, & Abramowitz, 2010). Jól megerôsíti ezt a modellt az az empirikus eredmény is, miszerint a fenyegetésészlelés és a hipochondriás jellegû aggodal maskodás közötti kapcsolatot a szomatoszenzoros amplifikáció (vagyis a fokozott introspekció és az észlelt tünetekre adott szorongásos válasz) mediálja (Ferguson és mtsai, 2000).…”

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Validation and psychometric evaluation of the Hungarian version of the Short Health Anxiety Inventory (SHAI)

Köteles¹,

Simor²,

Bárdos³

2011

Mentálhigiéné és Pszichoszomatika

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Elméleti háttér és célkitûzés: Jelen kutatás célja a Rövidített Egészségszorongás-kérdôív (ShortEredmények: A megerôsítô faktorelemzés mind a két-, mind a háromfaktoros verzió esetében jó illeszkedési mutatókat eredményezett, ezért az irodalomban inkább elfogadott két alskálás (Beteggé válás észlelt valószínûsége; Betegség észlelt következménye) megoldás használatát javasoljuk. A kérdôív magyar verziója jó belsô konzisztenciával (Cronbach-alfa = 0,83) bírt, a STAI-T, az SSAS és a PHQ-15 skálákkal közepes erôsségû (Pearson-r: 0,33-0,44; p<0,001) korrelációt mutatott, míg a WBI-5 esetében az együttjárás gyengébbnek és negatív irányúnak mutatkozott (-0,26; p<0,001).Következtetések: Az eredmények alapján a kérdôív pszichometriai szempontból megfelelônek tûnik, ugyanakkor a végsô értékeléshez a vizsgálatot érdemes volna más mintákon is megismételni.

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“…According to the cognitive-behavioural model (CBT; Warwick & Salkovskis, 1990), an episode of health anxiety can occur when dysfunctional health related beliefs (e.g. "dizziness is a sign of brain cancer") are activated by internal (i.e.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Furthermore, seeking to "diagnose" one's symptoms online may increase the likelihood of noticing and misinterpreting benign stimuli as evidence for disease; triggering anxiety and illness preoccupation (Singh & Brown, 2015;Warwick & Salkovskis, 1990). Though health related Internet usage (in non-health anxious samples) has been studied by researchers in the past (e.g.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%