Attitudes Associated with Hypochondria and Abnormal Behavior Towards Illness in Health Science Students

• Published in: Psychiatric quarterly Vol. 91; no. 3; pp. 921 - 928
• Main Authors: Escamilla, Eduardo Ichikawa, Ortiz, Luis Alonso Elias, Pargas, Jesús Emanuel Aguiñaga, Martinez, Andrea Maciel, Botello, Beatriz Adriana Lozoya, Villa, Victor Daniel Boone, Villarreal, Joel Jiménez
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.09.2020; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Attitude measures; Health behavior; Health sciences; Health status; Hypochondria; Illnesses; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Original Paper; Polls & surveys; Psychiatry; Public Health; Sociology; Statistical analysis; Students; Test anxiety; Values; Attitudes; Science students; Hypochondria; Behavior

The objective of this study was to evaluate attitudes towards the disease and its association with the presence of hypochondria in students of the health sciences area. The research was developed in 279 students in the health science area, with the application of Short Health Anxiety Inventory (SHAI...