健康焦虑群体在网络信息暴露中认知偏向的心理机制探析
Exploring the Psychological Mechanisms of Cognitive Bias in Health-Anxious Individuals under Online Information Exposure
DOI: 10.12677/ap.2026.1611523, PDF,    科研立项经费支持
作者: 苏 宁：呼和浩特民族学院教育学院，内蒙古 呼和浩特；乌云塔那*：包头师范学院马克思主义学院，内蒙古 包头；张 鹏：包头师范学院学生工作部，内蒙古 包头
关键词: 健康焦虑；信息暴露；认知偏向；心理机制；Health Anxiety； Information Exposure； Cognitive Bias； Psychological Mechanism
摘要: 在移动互联网与生成式人工智能普及的背景下，健康焦虑群体易陷入“越查越慌”的困境。本文探究了健康焦虑群体在网络信息暴露中认知偏向的心理机制。研究认为：健康焦虑驱动信息查询行为，算法推荐加深信息茧房效应，焦虑带来的认知偏向在信息茧房中进一步强化健康焦虑，形成“健康焦虑–信息查询–信息茧房–认知偏向–焦虑强化”的闭环正反馈机制。认知偏向是连接信息查询行为与情绪变化的认知因素，信息茧房是关键环境因素。干预应从降低健康焦虑、提高不确定性耐受、减少焦虑驱动查询、促进多元信息接触和修正认知偏向等方面综合调节，以期改善该群体的健康焦虑与认知偏向。
Abstract: Under the background of the widespread use of mobile Internet and generative artificial intelligence, individuals with health anxiety are prone to falling into the dilemma of “the more they search, the more anxious they become”. This paper explores the psychological mechanisms of cognitive bias in health-anxious individuals under online information exposure. The study suggests that health anxiety drives information-seeking behavior; algorithmic recommendation deepens the information cocoon effect; and cognitive bias brought by anxiety further reinforces health anxiety within the information cocoon, forming a closed-loop positive feedback mechanism of “health anxiety-information seeking-information cocoon-cognitive bias-anxiety reinforcement”. Cognitive bias is the cognitive factor linking information-seeking behavior and emotional changes, while the information cocoon is a key environmental factor. Intervention should be comprehensively adjusted from aspects such as reducing health anxiety, improving tolerance of uncertainty, reducing anxiety-driven seeking, promoting diverse information exposure, and correcting cognitive bias, so as to improve health anxiety and cognitive bias in this population.
文章引用：苏宁, 乌云塔那, 张鹏 (2026). 健康焦虑群体在网络信息暴露中认知偏向的心理机制探析. 心理学进展, 16(11), 36-43. https://doi.org/10.12677/ap.2026.1611523

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