Health anxiety in the digital age: An exploration of psychological determinants of online health information seeking

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Highlights：

• Identify a model that examines factors that impact information seeking behaviors.

• Heath anxiety serves as a mediator between neuroticism and information seeking.

• Internet efficacy serves as a mediator between Internet experience and seeking.

• Identify an association between health anxiety and use of online support groups.

摘要

•Identify a model that examines factors that impact information seeking behaviors.•Heath anxiety serves as a mediator between neuroticism and information seeking.•Internet efficacy serves as a mediator between Internet experience and seeking.•Identify an association between health anxiety and use of online support groups.

论文关键词：Internet,Information seeking,Survey,Health

论文评审过程：Available online 1 July 2015, Version of Record 1 July 2015.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.06.003