In their cognitive model of health anxiety, Salkovskis and Warwick maintain that health anxiety levels vary as a function of:
A)The perceived inability to cope
B)The perceived severity of an illness
C)The perceived cost and "awfulness" of an illness
D)The perceived presence of additional symptoms

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Salkovskis and Warwick's cognitive model of health anxiety suggests that anxiety levels are influenced by the perceived cost and "awfulness" of an illness, which affects how threatening the illness is perceived to be.

In Their Cognitive Model of Health Anxiety, Salkovskis and Warwick