Support for Predictive Processing Assumptions on Health Anxiety: Imprecise Expectations on the Origin of Somatic Symptoms Increase Health Anxiety
The findings suggest a possible central role of imprecise priors, especially on one's health state, in pHA. Further evidence in clinical samples is needed.
Authors
- Michael Witthöft (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4928-4222)
- Omer Van den Bergh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6394-7363)
- A. Pohl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3761-5768)
- Karoline Sophie Sauer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0401-5026)
Institutions
- University of Cologne (DE)
- Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (DE)
- University Hospitals of the Ruhr-University of Bochum (DE)
- Donaldson (United States) (US)
- Ruhr University Bochum (DE)
- KU Leuven (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine
- Published
- 2025-09-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/psy.0000000000001437
- Primary Topic
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00