Table 2.
Spearman’s correlations among current virus anxiety (March 2020), health anxiety, cyberchondriasisPandemic, the perception of being informed, and emotion regulation (N = 1615).
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Virus anxiety (March 2020) | 1 | ||||||||||
| 2. SHAI health anxiety | .34*** | 1 | |||||||||
| 3. SHAI neg. consequences | .22*** | .29*** | 1 | ||||||||
| 4. CSSp total | .39*** | .35*** | .23*** | 1 | |||||||
| 5. CSSp compulsion | .24*** | .19*** | .18*** | .68*** | 1 | ||||||
| 6. CSSp distress | .48*** | .40*** | .29*** | .74*** | .44*** | 1 | |||||
| 7. CSSp excessiveness | .26*** | .29*** | .16*** | .72*** | .30*** | .40*** | 1 | ||||
| 8. CSSp seeking reassurance | .09*** | .12*** | .02 | .56*** | .14*** | .26*** | .28*** | 1 | |||
| 9. Being informed (sum) | −.18*** | −.17*** | −.19*** | −.24*** | −.16*** | −.28*** | −.19*** | −.05* | 1 | ||
| 10. CERQs maladaptive | .17*** | .33*** | .31*** | .27*** | .19*** | .32*** | .19*** | .06* | −.16*** | 1 | |
| 11. CERQs adaptive | −.06* | −.13*** | −.24*** | −.02 | −.01 | −.10*** | −.01 | .05* | .09** | −.05* | 1 |
Notes: SHAI = Short Health Anxiety Inventory; CSSPandemic/CSSP = Cyberchondria related to the COVID-19 pandemic; CERQ-short/CERQs = short version of the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire. *** p < .001, ** p < .01, * p < .05.