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Pirzade M, Fazelirad H, Peyvastegar M. Mediating Role of Anxiety Sensitivity and Repetitive Negative Thinking in the Relationship of Self-compassion and Cognitive Fusion With Cyberchondria. IJPCP 2025; 31 (1)
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1- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Science, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran. , Mimpirzade01@gmail.com
2- Department of Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Science, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran.
3- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Science, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran.
2- Department of Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Science, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran.
3- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Science, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran.
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Objectives The current study aimed to examine whether anxiety sensitivity (AS) and repetitive negative thinking (RNT) can mediate the relationship of self-compassion and cognitive fusion with cyberchondria.
Methods This is a descriptive-correlational study that utilizes structural equation modeling (SEM). Participants were 630 students from universities in Tehran and Mazandaran provinces of Iran in 2024, who voluntarily participated in the study. They completed the Cyberchondria severity scale, the cognitive fusion questionnaire, the self-compassion scale, the AS inventory, and the repetitive Thinking questionnaire. Data analysis was conducted using SEM in Amos software, version 29.
Results The correlation test results revealed significant relationships between cognitive fusion, self-compassion, AS, RNT, and cyberchondria (P<0.01). The SEM model indicated that AS significantly mediated the relationship between cognitive fusion and cyberchondria (b=0.157, P=0.001), and between self-compassion and cyberchondria (b=-0.197, P=0.001). However, no significant mediating effect was found for RNT (P>0.05).
Conclusion Self-compassion and cognitive fusion are related to cyberchondria among Iranian college students. The AS can mediate this relationship, but RNT has no significant mediating role.
Methods This is a descriptive-correlational study that utilizes structural equation modeling (SEM). Participants were 630 students from universities in Tehran and Mazandaran provinces of Iran in 2024, who voluntarily participated in the study. They completed the Cyberchondria severity scale, the cognitive fusion questionnaire, the self-compassion scale, the AS inventory, and the repetitive Thinking questionnaire. Data analysis was conducted using SEM in Amos software, version 29.
Results The correlation test results revealed significant relationships between cognitive fusion, self-compassion, AS, RNT, and cyberchondria (P<0.01). The SEM model indicated that AS significantly mediated the relationship between cognitive fusion and cyberchondria (b=0.157, P=0.001), and between self-compassion and cyberchondria (b=-0.197, P=0.001). However, no significant mediating effect was found for RNT (P>0.05).
Conclusion Self-compassion and cognitive fusion are related to cyberchondria among Iranian college students. The AS can mediate this relationship, but RNT has no significant mediating role.
Keywords: Cyberchondria, Cognitive fusion, Self-Compassion Anxiety sensitivity, Repetitive negative thinking
Type of Study: Original Research |
Subject:
Psychiatry and Psychology
Received: 2024/12/24 | Accepted: 2025/07/9 | Published: 2025/08/1
Received: 2024/12/24 | Accepted: 2025/07/9 | Published: 2025/08/1
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