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This research examined the relation between health anxiety and death anxiety. The mediating role of cyberchondria and the moderating role of social aspirations were also explored. The sample included 405 participants, 67% women, between 18 and 38 years old (Mage = 21.12, SD = 3.32). Two dimensions of health anxiety (the likelihood of an illness and severity of an illness) had a significant positive relation with death anxiety. Cyberchondria had a positive relation with death anxiety, while motivation for a high social class had a non-significant relation with death anxiety. Further, cyberchondria mediated the relation between health anxiety and death anxiety. Moreover, when motivation for social class was high, high body vigilance was associated with a low level of death anxiety. The implications of the obtained results for the relief of death anxiety, when the participants present health anxiety and cyberchondria, are discussed, taking into account the level of social aspirations.
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ournal of Health Psychology is an international peer-reviewed journal that aims to support and help shape research in health psychology from around the world. It provides a platform for traditional empirical analyses as well as more qualitative and/or critically oriented approaches. It also addresses the social contexts in which psychological and health processes are embedded. Studies published in this journal are required to obtain ethical approval from an Institutional Review Board. Such approval must include informed, signed consent by all research participants. Any manuscript not containing an explicit statement concerning ethical approval and informed consent will not be considered.
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