社交媒体和中年妇女的饮食失调:不仅仅是青少年的担忧
Katherine A Thompson1, Alexandra J Miller1, Emily C Walsh1
1Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.
Eating behaviors
|May 30, 2023
概括
社交媒体的比较,而不是使用频率,显著预测中年妇女的饮食障碍. 这包括嗜食症状和饮食限制,Instagram尤其具有影响力.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 社交媒体的使用与年轻女性的饮食障碍有关,这是由社会比较驱动的.
- 社交媒体和社会比较对中年妇女饮食失调的影响仍然未得到充分研究.
- 饮食失调包括诸如暴饮暴食,饮食限制和更广泛的饮食病理等情况.
研究的目的:
- 调查社交媒体使用,社会比较和中年女性 (40-63岁) 饮食失调之间的关系.
- 为了确定社交比较或社交媒体使用频率是否是饮食失调的更强有力的预测因素.
- 识别与饮食失调相关的特定社交媒体平台.
主要方法:
- 对347名中年女性 (40-63岁) 进行了一项调查,评估了社交媒体参与度,社会比较倾向和饮食失调症状.
- 使用统计分析,包括多重回归来检查变量之间的关联,控制年龄和体重指数.
- 参与者报告了他们使用各种社交媒体平台的情况,包括Facebook,Instagram和Pinterest.
主要成果:
- 观察到社交媒体使用率很高,89%的参与者在过去一年中使用过社交媒体,65%的参与者每天使用社交媒体.
- 特定于社交媒体的社会比较与食症状增加,饮食限制和广泛的饮食病理学有显著的关联.
- 社交比较解释了超出社交媒体使用频率的饮食失调结果的独特差异;Instagram使用与饮食限制特别相关.
结论:
- 中年女性是社交媒体的频繁用户,像Facebook,Instagram和Pinterest这样的平台很受欢迎.
- 社会比较,而不是在社交媒体上花费大量时间,似乎是这种人口统计学中饮食障碍的主要驱动因素.
- 旨在减少中年妇女饮食失调的干预措施应考虑解决因社交媒体使用而加剧的社会比较倾向,特别是在Instagram等平台上.
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