Cyberchondria and Its Relationship to Some Variables among Professors at Cihan University- Duhok

The current research aims to identify the level of cyberchondria among professors at Cihan University-Duhok and its relationship to the following variables: A - Gender (males - females) B - Age variable according to the age groups (25-35), (36-45), (46-55), and (5665). The research sample consisted of (36) male and female teachers who were selected according to the variables (gender and age) from the research population for the academic year (2023-2024) at Cihan University-Dohuk. To achieve the research objectives, the researcher adopted the cyberchondria scale (Sahn, 2021), which consists of (27 items), and for each item, there are five alternatives. Its reliability was extracted by the test-retest method, which was (0.91), and by Cronbachs alpha method, which was (0.89). The researcher applied the tool to the main research sample, and the data was treated statistically using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), including (a t-test for one sample, a one-sample analysis of variance, a Pearson correlation coefficient, a t-test for two independent samples, and an alpha coefficient for internal consistency). The researcher reached the following results: a decrease in the level of cyberchondria among the sample members. The results also showed that there were no statistically significant differences at the significance level (0.05) depending on the gender variable, and there were no statistically significant differences at the significance level (0.05) depending on the age variable. According to the findings, the researcher presented the necessary recommendations and suggestions.