Mediating Role of Coping Attitudes with Covid in Cyberchondria Behavioral Relationship of Coronavirus Anxiety

Mediating Role of Coping Attitudes with Covid in Cyberchondria Behavioral Relationship of Coronavirus Anxiety | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Research Article Mediating Role of Coping Attitudes with Covid in Cyberchondria Behavioral Relationship of Coronavirus Anxiety Ferhat Bolukçu, Prof Dr. şebnem Yücel, Prof Dr Recep Yücel This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-8367656/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Under Revision Version 1 posted 4 You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract Objective This study addresses the mediating role of COVID-19 coping attitudes in the effect of coronavirus anxiety on cyberchondria behavior. Method Coronavirus Anxiety Scale, Cyberchondria Severity Short Version and Pandemic Coping Scale has used in the study. Population of study consisted of adults aged 20–65 residing in the eight central town of Ankara, the capital of Turkey (Keçiören, Çankaya, Yenimahalle, Mamak, Etimesgut, Sincan, Altındağ, and Pursaklar). Convenience sampling method has used in the study and an online survey has applied to a total of 427 volunteer participants living in the districts of Ankara. Findings: Coronavirus behavioral anxiety and coping attitudes with Covid variables were found to have a combined effect of 0.43 on cyberchondria. In other words, individuals experiencing coronavirus anxiety or those with higher coping attitudes towards COVID-19 exhibited more cyberchondrial behavior. On the one hand, no significant relationship was found between coronavirus anxiety and coping attitudes toward Covid. On the other hand, attitudes toward Covid did not mediate the effect of coronavirus behavioral anxiety on cyberchondria. Conclusion Findings suggest that coronavirus anxiety is associated with cyberchondria behavior, but COVID-19 coping attitudes do not mediate this effect. Coping Attitudes Towards COVID-19 Cyberchondria Coronavirus Anxiety Behavior Full Text Additional Declarations No competing interests reported. Cite Share Download PDF Status: Under Revision Version 1 posted Editorial decision: Revision requested 18 Dec, 2025 Editor assigned by journal 17 Dec, 2025 Submission checks completed at journal 17 Dec, 2025 First submitted to journal 15 Dec, 2025 You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. As a division of Research Square Company, we’re committed to making research communication faster, fairer, and more useful. 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