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Juina Herlitz1, Anna Pohl1, Alexander L Gerlach1
1Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Anxiety, stress, and coping
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概括
在线健康研究可能会减少一些人的焦虑, 但生理反应表明它也可以增加激活. 这项研究将谷歌上长期COVID的搜索与想象疾病的搜索进行比较,
科学领域:
- 心理学
- 关于健康的信息
- 数字健康
背景情况:
- 人们经常在网上搜索健康信息, 这可能会增加焦虑,
- 避免担心的理论表明, 参与在线健康研究可能是一种与疾病建立情感距离的策略.
- 这项研究调查了在线健康搜索是否可以作为管理与健康有关的焦虑的回避机制.
研究的目的:
- 测试在线健康研究 (谷歌长期COVID) 作为一种与疾病的情感隔离策略的假设.
- 为了比较在线健康研究中的焦虑反应与想象疾病.
- 在不同条件下评估生理和自我报告的焦虑水平.
主要方法:
- 60名参与者参与了两种条件:谷歌搜索有关长期COVID的信息,并可视化患有这种疾病的情况.
- 使用自我报告尺度和生理指标测量焦虑:皮肤导电率 (SCL),心率 (HR),心率变化率 (HRV) 和呼吸率 (RR).
- 实验对象内部设计,比较对谷歌搜索,图像和基线状况的反应.
主要成果:
- 皮肤导电度 (SCL) 在图像处理过程中高于在谷歌搜索过程中.
- 与图像相比,心率 (HR),高频心率变化 (HRV) 和呼吸率 (RR) 在谷歌上显示出更大的生理活化.
- 生理学测量显示,对谷歌搜索的焦虑反应明显高于基线状况.
结论:
- 这些发现部分支持在线健康研究可以作为一种方法来避免与疾病相关的直接身体和自我报告的焦虑反应.
- 这项研究强调了复杂的关系, 在线搜索可能提供暂时的情感距离, 但也可以引起生理激活.
- 需要进一步的研究才能充分了解在线寻求健康信息对焦虑和回避行为的细微影响.
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