Sun Shan, Chen Siying, Wang Zian, Xiong Yan, Xie Shixuan
Department of Psychology, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, China.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2023 Sep 14;13(9):768. doi: 10.3390/bs13090768.
Emotional eating has emerged as a significant disordered eating and public health concern among adolescents. Despite the widespread prevalence of social networking site (SNS) use among this population, research investigating the influence of SNS use on adolescent eating behaviors remains limited. This study is to examine the impact of SNS use on emotional eating among Chinese adolescents, with a specific focus on exploring the mediating role of negative social comparisons and the moderating effect of perspective-taking. Data were obtained through an online survey involving 778 middle school students in China. The findings indicate that SNS use exerts a positive influence on adolescents' engagement in emotional eating, with this association being mediated by the presence of negative social comparisons. Perspective-taking demonstrated a protective role in the context of adolescents' utilization of social media platforms. For individuals characterized by high levels of perspective-taking, the effects of SNS use on negative social comparisons are mitigated, subsequently reducing its impact on emotional eating.
情绪化进食已成为青少年中一种重要的饮食失调和公共卫生问题。尽管社交网站（SNS）在这一人群中广泛使用，但调查SNS使用对青少年饮食行为影响的研究仍然有限。本研究旨在探讨SNS使用对中国青少年情绪化进食的影响，特别关注探究消极社会比较的中介作用和观点采择的调节作用。数据通过对中国778名中学生进行的在线调查获得。研究结果表明，SNS使用对青少年的情绪化进食有积极影响，这种关联由消极社会比较介导。观点采择在青少年使用社交媒体平台的背景下发挥了保护作用。对于观点采择水平较高的个体，SNS使用对消极社会比较的影响得到缓解，从而降低其对情绪化进食的影响。
