Preventing Health Anxiety:The Role of Self-Evaluation,Sense of Coherence,Self-Rated Health and Perceived Social Support  

作　　者：Sándor Csibi Mónika Csibi József Bognár 

机构地区：[1]Department of Sport Sciences,Eszterházy Károly Catholic University,Eger,3300,Hungary [2]Department of Special Needs Education,Eszterházy Károly Catholic University,Eger,3300,Hungary

出　　处：《International Journal of Mental Health Promotion》2023年第10期1081-1088,共8页国际心理健康促进杂志（英文）

摘　　要：Background:Components of Self,completed with the perceived social support determine the individual differences in theevaluation of a stressor and the behavioral responses toward it,such as health-related anxiety.The study set as a goal theanalysis of associations between the components of Self,such as self-evaluation,sense of coherence,perceived social support,and reported health-related anxiety in an adult sample.Methods:147 adults from the 18–73 age group(mean age 37.5)voluntarily completed the questionnaire through Qualtrics online platform containing the Short Health Anxiety Inventory,Core Self-Evaluation Scale,Social Support Assessing Scale,and one Health Self-Evaluation Item.Results:ANOVA foundrelevant differences in total scores and subscales’scores of the health anxiety scale depending on the positive self-evaluation.Linear regression shows that the analyzed variables were responsible for the prediction of a higher value on the“Perceivedprobability of becoming ill”subscale in a proportion of 45.6%and for the“Perceived consequence of illness”subscale in aproportion of 20.2%The predictive value of the linear regression model for the total score on the health anxiety scale was46.3%.Our findings show that negative Core Self-Evaluation is linked with perceived health anxiety.Conclusions:Selfevaluation,sense of coherence and perceived social support influence the perceived health and can explain the differences inthe reported health-related anxiety.

关 键 词：Core self-evaluation health anxiety health self-evaluation perceived social support SELF-CONCEPT the sense of coherence 

分 类 号：R74[医药卫生—神经病学与精神病学]