The purpose of the current explorative study is to examine the effects of health-related internet use in individuals with pathological health anxiety using ambulatory assessment. In a naturalistic setting participants answer over a seven-day period questionnaires about their health-related internet use and its effects on affect, health anxiety and symptom severity in their usual daily lives.
Age range
18 Years
Sex
ALL
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Change of health anxiety before and after health-related internet use
Timeframe: Time-based sampling: every day at 9am, 11am, 1pm, 3pm, 5pm, 7pm and 9pm during seven days
Change of positive and negative affect before and after health-related internet use
Timeframe: Time-based sampling: every day at 9am, 11am, 1pm, 3pm, 5pm, 7pm and 9pm during seven days
Change of symptom severity before and after health-related internet
Timeframe: Time-based sampling: every day at 9am, 11am, 1pm, 3pm, 5pm, 7pm and 9pm during seven days
Change of health anxiety before and after health-related internet use
Timeframe: Event-based sampling: before and after every health-related internet use that is conducted during a seven-day-period
Change of positive and negative affect before and after health-related internet use
Timeframe: Event-based sampling: before and after every health-related internet use that is conducted during a seven-day-period
Change of symptom severity before and after health-related internet
Timeframe: Event-based sampling: before and after every health-related internet use that is conducted during a seven-day-period