Unal Gonca Ayse, Kocatepe Avcı Ufuk
Clinic of Psychiatry, Mersin Sehir Egitim ve Arastirma Hastanesi, Toroslar, Mersin, Turkey.
Department of Psychology, Çağ University, Toroslar, Mersin, Turkey.
Psychol Res Behav Manag. 2024 Dec 11;17:4237-4248. doi: 10.2147/PRBM.S491268. eCollection 2024.
The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between compulsive use of social media and orthorexia, with a focus on the mediating role of eating attitudes.
The study involved 255 participants between the ages of 18-65 who did not have any psychiatric disorders or developmental disabilities. The participants completed a Sociodemographic Information Form, Orthorexia Nervosa Inventory, Social Media Addiction Scale, and Eating Attitudes Test.
The results showed a positive correlation between orthorexia and all other scales and sub-scales. Multiple regression analyses revealed that eating attitudes were a significant predictor of all sub-dimensions of orthorexia. Additionally, the sub-dimension of Conflict on the Social Media Addiction Scale was found to predict the Impairments sub-dimension of orthorexia. Further analysis using the PROCESS macro showed that compulsive use of social media not only directly predicted orthorexia, but also indirectly through eating attitudes.
These findings emphasize the importance of addressing both compulsive use of social media and eating attitudes when working with individuals who exhibit orthorexic symptoms in clinical settings.
本研究旨在探讨社交媒体强迫使用与正食癖之间的关系，重点关注饮食态度的中介作用。
该研究纳入了255名年龄在18至65岁之间、无任何精神疾病或发育障碍的参与者。参与者完成了一份社会人口学信息表、神经性正食癖量表、社交媒体成瘾量表和饮食态度测试。
结果显示正食癖与所有其他量表及子量表之间存在正相关。多元回归分析表明，饮食态度是正食癖所有子维度的显著预测因素。此外，发现社交媒体成瘾量表中的冲突子维度可预测正食癖的损害子维度。使用PROCESS宏进行的进一步分析表明，社交媒体的强迫使用不仅直接预测正食癖，还通过饮食态度间接预测。
这些发现强调了在临床环境中与表现出正食癖症状的个体合作时，解决社交媒体强迫使用和饮食态度问题的重要性。
