Effect of alexithymia on health anxiety: Mediating role of cognition and meta-cognition / 中南大学学报(医学版)
Journal of Central South University(Medical Sciences)
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(12): 1026-1031, 2018.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-813158
ABSTRACT
According to the cognitive behavior theory and meta-cognitive theory of health anxiety, to examine the association between alexithymia, cognition factors or meta-cognition factors and health anxiety.
Methods:
A total of 1 164 medical students were investigated by the Short Health Anxiety Inventory, the Health Cognitions Questionnaire, the Meta-cognitions about Health Questionnaire and the Toronto Alexithymia Scale.Results:
1) Correlation analysis showed that alexithymia, dysfunctional beliefs, meta-cognition were significantly positively correlated with health anxiety (r=0.227-0.477, all P<0.01); 2) The results of structural equation model indicated that alexithymia could not exert effects on health anxiety directly (β=-0.05, 95% CI -0.123 to 0.021). The alexithymia could exert effects on health anxiety indirectly not only through dysfunctional beliefs (β=0.192, 95% CI 0.156 to 0.235), but also through the chain-mediated effect of dysfunctional beliefs and meta-cognitions (β=0.103, 95% CI 0.077 to 0.135). Dysfunctional beliefs fully mediated the relation between alexithymia and health anxiety (β=0.247, 95% CI 0.196 to 0.290).Conclusion:
Alexithymia can affect health anxiety through the mediating effects of dysfunctional beliefs and meta-cognition.
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Index:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Anxiety
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Surveys and Questionnaires
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Affective Symptoms
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Culture
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Metacognition
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Journal of Central South University(Medical Sciences)
Year:
2018
Type:
Article
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