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Rachel I MacIntyre1, Lindsay M Howard2, Spencier R Ciaralli3
1Department of Psychology, Millersville University, Millersville, PA 17551, USA.
Body image
|February 21, 2026
Resumen
Mujeres universitarias mujeres universitarias.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Psicología Psicología Psicología.
- Sociología Sociología Sociología.
- Salud Pública La salud pública.
Sus antecedentes:
- La influencia de los compañeros afecta significativamente la imagen corporal y los comportamientos de las mujeres universitarias.
- Los estudios anteriores a menudo se centraban en las díadas entre pares, pasando por alto los efectos de red colectiva.
- El papel de los comportamientos específicos de los compañeros, como el uso de las redes sociales, necesita una mayor investigación.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Examinar la influencia colectiva de las redes sociales universitarias en la insatisfacción corporal.
- Para investigar la relación entre los comportamientos de los amigos y la patología alimentaria.
- Para utilizar un enfoque de red social egocéntrico para entender la influencia de los compañeros.
Principales métodos:
- Se administró una encuesta en línea a 94 estudiantes universitarios (94% mujeres cisgénero).
- Los participantes identificaron a 10 amigos más cercanos e informaron sobre su insatisfacción corporal, trastornos alimentarios, conversación corporal negativa y uso de las redes sociales.
- Las puntuaciones de las redes sociales egocéntricas fueron regresadas contra la insatisfacción corporal del participante y la patología alimentaria.
Principales resultados:
- Un promedio más alto de insatisfacción corporal entre pares se correlacionó con un aumento de la insatisfacción corporal de los participantes.
- Más amigos que participan en trastornos de la alimentación y conversación corporal negativa predijeron una mayor insatisfacción corporal de los participantes.
- El aumento de los trastornos alimentarios de los pares y el uso de las redes sociales centrado en la apariencia predijeron una mayor patología alimentaria de los participantes.
Conclusiones:
- La insatisfacción corporal de los pares y los trastornos de comportamiento alimentario están asociados con problemas similares en las mujeres universitarias.
- El enfoque de red egocéntrico captura efectivamente el impacto colectivo de los amigos cercanos en la imagen corporal y la patología alimentaria.
- Los hallazgos destacan la importancia de considerar la red social más amplia para comprender y abordar la patología alimentaria en las mujeres universitarias.
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