TY  - JOUR
AU  - Mento, Carmela
AU  - Silvestri, Maria Catena
AU  - Lombardo, Clara
AU  - Neri, Lucrezia Giuseppina
AU  - Campolo, Maria Gabriella
AU  - Pira, Francesco
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/01/12
TI  - Who Believes in Fake News: A Study on the Relationship between Affective Temperament, Cyberchondria and Problematic Use of the Internet during the COVID-19 Pandemic
JO  - OBM Neurobiology
SP  - 151
VL  - 07
IS  - 01
AB  - The COVID-19 outbreak has been associated with various psychological problems, such as Cyberchondria, constant research for information online, to obtain health-related information. This was associated with problematic social media use and various psychological problems. This study aimed to measure the characteristics of fear and anxiety of COVID-19, the generalized approach to online searching and the use of the Internet about the perception of health, during a pandemic. The online survey was disseminated from April to June 2021 on available social media channels. We found that the pandemic was associated with depression, anxiety, cyberchondria, and cognitive preoccupation. We reported an increase in cyberchondria, depression, stress, low mood, and anxiety during the Covid outbreak. The Internet plays a vital role in everyday life in this period, because it has become a popular source of accessing health-related information.
SN  - 2573-4407
UR  - https://doi.org/10.21926/obm.neurobiol.2301151
DO  - 10.21926/obm.neurobiol.2301151
ID  - Mento2023
ER  -