ArticlePsicologia, reflexao e critica : revista semestral do Departamento de Psicologia da UFRGS2021
The association between problematic Internet use, eating disorder behaviors, and well-being among Palestinian university students.
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- The influence of digital addiction on adolescents' subjective wellbeing: a meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Pooled it
- Problematic internet use among people with dentofacial deformity: a preliminary study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Night Eating Syndrome Among University Students in Bangladesh: Investigation of Prevalence and Associated Factors.Brain and behavior · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectivesThe current study aimed to test the correlation between problematic Internet use, eating disorder behaviors, and well-being among Palestinian university students.
methodsTo examine the relationship between the study variables, a correlational study was conducted. The geographical representation of the study sample showed that 48.1% of participants were from urban populations, 48.1% were from rural villages, and 3.8% were from internally displaced people's camps.
resultsPearson's correlation coefficient was used to test the relationship between problematic Internet use, eating disorder behaviors, and well-being. Results showed that problematic Internet use was negatively correlated to well-being (r = - .32, p < .01), and positively correlated to eating disorder behaviors (r = .39, p < .01). The regression analysis found that problematic Internet use contributes statistically and significantly towards explaining variance in eating disorder behaviors (B = .46, SE = .08, β = .32). Moreover, well-being contributed in a way that was statistically significant towards explaining variance in eating disorders behaviors (B = - .39, SE = .09, β = - .25).
conclusionThe results of our study support previous studies that indicated that problematic Internet use was significantly and positively correlated with eating disorder behaviors, while it was significantly and negatively correlated to well-being among Palestinian university students. Further studies testing this relationship will be crucial in developing interventions to both reduce problematic Internet use and eating disorder behaviors and increase well-being among university students.
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