Facebook Use and Disordered Eating in College-Aged Women

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作者
Walker, Morgan [1 ]
Thornton, Laura [1 ,2 ]
De Choudhury, Munmun [3 ]
Teevan, Jaime [4 ]
Bulik, Cynthia M. [1 ,2 ,5 ]
Levinson, Cheri A. [1 ]
Zerwas, Stephanie [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ N Carolina, Dept Psychiat, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 USA
[2] Karolinska Inst, Dept Med Epidemiol & Biostat, Stockholm, Sweden
[3] Georgia Tech, Sch Social Interact Comp, Atlanta, GA USA
[4] Microsoft Res, Redmond, WA USA
[5] Univ N Carolina, Dept Nutr, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 USA
关键词
Disordered eating; Fat talk; Physical appearance comparison; Media exposure; Social media; Facebook; QUESTIONNAIRE EDE-Q; NORMS; ASSOCIATIONS; LONELINESS; USAGE; FAT;
D O I
10.1016/j.jadohealth.2015.04.026
中图分类号
B844 [发展心理学(人类心理学)];
学科分类号
040202 ;
摘要
Purpose: Disordered eating behavior-dieting, laxative use, fasting, binge eating-is common in college-aged women (11%-20%). A documented increase in the number of young women experiencing eating psychopathology has been blamed on the rise of engagement with social media sites such as Facebook. We predicted that college-aged women's Facebook intensity (e.g., the amount of time spent on Facebook, number of Facebook friends, and integration of Facebook into daily life), online physical appearance comparison (i.e., comparing one's appearance to others' on social media), and online "fat talk" (i.e., talking negatively about one's body) would be positively associated with their disordered eating behavior. Methods: In an online survey, 128 college-aged women (81.3% Caucasian, 6.7% Asian, 9.0% African-American, and 3.0% Other) completed items, which measured their disordered eating, Facebook intensity, online physical appearance comparison, online fat talk, body mass index, depression, anxiety, perfectionism, impulsivity, and self-efficacy. Results: In regression analyses, Facebook intensity, online physical appearance comparison, and online fat talk were significantly and uniquely associated with disordered eating and explained a large percentage of the variance in disordered eating (60%) in conjunction with covariates. However, greater Facebook intensity was associated with decreased disordered eating behavior, whereas both online physical appearance comparison and online fat talk were associated with greater disordered eating. Conclusions: College-aged women who endorsed greater Facebook intensity were less likely to struggle with disordered eating when online physical appearance comparison was accounted for statistically. Facebook intensity may carry both risks and benefits for disordered eating. (C) 2015 Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine. All rights reserved.
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