Šablatúrová Nika, Gottfried Jaroslav, Blinka Lukas, Ševčíková Anna, Husarova Daniela
Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Joštova 10, 60200, Brno, Czech Republic.
Department of Health Psychology and Methodology Research, Faculty of Medicine, P.J. Safarik University in Kosice, Košice, Slovakia.
J Eat Disord. 2021 Nov 21;9(1):152. doi: 10.1186/s40337-021-00506-5.
Both eating disorders and excessive internet use represent significant health issues for contemporary adolescents. Yet, the link between them has seldom been investigated. We aim to study this association through their common underlying psychological factors: internalising problems and externalising problems.
A representative sample of 7,083 adolescents (M = 13.48 years; SD = 1.32; 50.3% girls) from Slovakia was obtained from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) project in 2018. Study variables included the Excessive Internet Use Scale (EIU) and the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). Eating disorders symptoms (EDS) were assessed by SCOFF and selected items from the Eating Disorder Screen for Primary Care (ESP). Data were analysed separately for boys and girls with Structural Equation Modelling.
There was a partial correlation between EDS and EIU (r = 0.36 for boys and r = 0.29 for girls) after controlling for the internalising and externalising of problems. Internalising and externalising problems were positively associated with EDS, while EIU was only associated with externalising problems. The results were comparable for both genders.
The study provides evidence that, during adolescence, EDS and EIU are related and have a tendency to occur together. Also, they are related even when controlled for their shared underlying psychological factors, namely the emotional and attentional/behavioural difficulties.
饮食失调和过度使用互联网都是当代青少年面临的重大健康问题。然而，它们之间的联系很少被研究。我们旨在通过它们共同的潜在心理因素：内化问题和外化问题来研究这种关联。
2018年从斯洛伐克的学龄儿童健康行为（HBSC）项目中选取了7083名青少年（平均年龄M = 13.48岁；标准差SD = 1.32；女生占50.3%）作为代表性样本。研究变量包括过度使用互联网量表（EIU）和优势与困难问卷（SDQ）。饮食失调症状（EDS）通过SCOFF和初级保健饮食失调筛查（ESP）中的选定项目进行评估。使用结构方程模型对男孩和女孩的数据分别进行分析。
在控制了内化和外化问题后，EDS与EIU之间存在部分相关性（男孩r = 0.36，女孩r = 0.29）。内化和外化问题与EDS呈正相关，而EIU仅与外化问题相关。两性的结果具有可比性。
该研究提供了证据表明，在青春期，EDS和EIU相关且有共同出现的倾向。此外，即使控制了它们共同的潜在心理因素，即情绪和注意力/行为方面的困难，它们仍然相关。
