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Prognoses for diagnoses: Medical search online and “Cyberchondria by proxy”
(2011)
The Internet is a source of valuable medical information, however the Web has the potential to increase anxiety when employed as a diagnostic procedure. This study seeks to identify motivation behind health related search ...
A cross-cultural analysis of personality traits in Irish and American online dating profiles
(2011)
This research used language analysis to determine personality traits from written text, in the profiles of Irish and American online daters. The free text element of 150 Irish and 150 American Caucasian, male, online daters’ ...
The effect of web-based videos on help seeking intentions and stigma
(2011)
Intentions to seek help are strongly influenced by stigma (Rickwood, Deane, Wilson, & Ciarrochi, 2005). If self-stigma or public-stigma are high, help seeking intentions become inhibited (Rickwood et al., 2005). A Health ...