TY - JOUR T1 - The investigation of the relationships among coronavirus anxiety, cyberchondria, and online shopping TT - Koronavirüs kaygısının siberkondria ve online alışveriş bağımlılığı ile ilişkisinin incelenmesi AU - Sarıgedik, Enes AU - Ölmez, Safiye Bahar PY - 2021 DA - August Y2 - 2021 DO - 10.18521/ktd.928468 JF - Konuralp Medical Journal PB - Duzce University WT - DergiPark SN - 1309-3878 SP - 446 EP - 454 VL - 13 IS - S1 LA - en AB - Objective: During the COVID-19 pandemic some mental disorders have been especially increased. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the relationship between individuals' coronavirus anxiety, cyberchondria, and online shopping addiction during the pandemic, we are in, and try to explain the factors associated with these features. Method: The data consists of 407 people between the ages of 18-65 who answered a sufficient number of questions on the scales with the help of the online environment by google questionnaire method between January 18 th, 2021, and February 18th, 2021. Participants were asked to fill in the socio-demographic form, cyberchondria severity scale (CSS), compulsive purchasing scale (BSAS), and coronavirus anxiety (CAS) scales. Results: In this study, 79.6% of the participants stated that their anxiety increased, 63.4% stated that the frequency of shopping online increased, and 39.8% stated that the number of disease searches on the internet increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. Regarding the correlations of the CAS, CSS, BSAS scales with each other, a statistically significant positive moderate correlation was found between CAS and CSS (r: 0.495, p KW - COVİD-19 KW - coronavirus anxiety KW - cyberchondria KW - online shopping N2 - Amaç: Covid-19 pandemisi döneminde bu yeni hastalıkla ilgili birçok belirsizliğin olması, sosyal izolasyon uygulanması, pandeminin yol açtığı bir takım ekonomik zorluklar ile beraber özelikle bazı ruhsal bozukluklarda belirgin artış görülmüştür. Pandemi döneminde en fazla artan ruhsal belirtilerden biri şüphesiz anksiyetedir. Bu çalışmanın amacı içinde bulunduğumuz pandemi sürecinde bireylerin koronavirüs anksiyetesi, siberkondria ve online alışveriş bağımlılığı özellikleri arasındaki ilişkiyi değerlendirmek ve bu özellikler ile ilişkili diğer faktörleri açıklamaya çalışmaktır. Yöntem: Bu çalışma için gönüllük esasına uygun olarak çalışmaya dahil olan katılımcılardan 18.01.21 ile 18.02.21 tarihleri arasında google anket yöntemi online olarak veri toplandı. Katılımcılara sosyo-demografik form, siberkondria şiddeti ölçeği (CSS), kompulsif satın alma ölçeği (BSAS) ve koronavirüs anksiyete (CAS) ölçekleri uygulandı. Ölçeklerde yeterli sayıda soruyu yanıtlayan 18-65 yaş aralığındaki 407 kişi ile çalışma tamamlandı.Bulgular: Çalışma sonucunda Covid-19 pandemisi döneminde katılımcıların % 79.6’sı kaygılarının arttığını, %63.4’ü internet üzerinden alışveriş yapma sıklıklarının arttığını, %39.8’ü ise internet üzerinden hastalık arama davranışlarının arttığını belirtmişlerdir. 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