Report:
A one-way ANOVA was conducted to examine the effect of a disclaimer added to a Google search result on worry about health. The analysis of variance showed a significant moderate effect of search result on how worried participants are about their health, F(2,71) = 4.24, p = .018, ƞ2 = .11.
A Bonferroni posthoc test revealed that participants who saw no search result felt significantly more worried (M = 4.96, SD = 1.28) than participants who saw a search result with a disclaimer (M= 3.89, SD = 1.40, p = .030).
No significant difference was found between participants who saw no search result and those who saw a search result (M= 3.95, SD = 1.77, p = .068), and between participants who saw a search result and those who saw a search result plus disclaimer, p = 1.000.
Type of search result explained 11% of the variance in level of worry about one’s health.