ArticleJournal of eating disorders2021
Eating disorders symptoms and excessive internet use in adolescents: the role of internalising and externalising problems.
Article in Journal of eating disorders, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The use and misuse of the SCOFF screening measure over two decades: a systematic literature review.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2024Pooled it
- Global Proportion of Disordered Eating in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.JAMA pediatrics · 2023Pooled it
- Subjective happiness moderates the relationship between implicit and explicit attitudes and excessive digital media use among adolescents.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Examining the association among eating disorders and borderline personality disorder: evidence from youth in Saudi Arabia.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- A cross-sectional descriptive analysis of technology addiction in adolescents: associations with food addiction, emotional eating, and body weight status.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2024Article
- Screen time, problematic screen use, and eating disorder symptoms among early adolescents: findings from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2024Article
- Lifestyle Habits Related to Internet Use in Adolescents: Relationships between Wellness, Happiness, and Mental Health.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundBoth 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.
methodsA representative sample of 7,083 adolescents (M
resultsThere 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.
conclusionThe 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.
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