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ArticleBMC psychology2022

Impulsiveness as potential moderators of the relation between social media dependence and eating disorders risk.

Zhonghua He, Weili Yang

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Article in BMC psychology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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Zhonghua HeSchool of Journalism and New Media, Xi'an Jiaotong University, No. 28, Xianning West Road, Xi'an, 710049, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China. syp.grape@163.com.
Weili YangSchool of Public Health, Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xi'an, People's Republic of China.

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the Science and Technology Plan Projects of Shaanxi Province 2022JQ-206
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSocial media dependence (SMD) and eating disorders (ED) risk are often thought to be inextricably linked. Because social media dependence often precedes an ED, predicts poor outcome, and persists even after recovery from an ED, it is important to examine whether certain factors have the ability to potentially attenuate or intensify SMD's effect on eating disorders.

methodsIn the current study, we examined one possible moderating factor: impulsiveness. 767 undergraduates (mean age = 18.78 years, SD = 1.20) in Shaanxi province of China, completed anonymous questionnaires regarding social media dependence, eating disorders, impulsiveness.

resultsRevealed that non-planned impulsiveness (NPI) moderated the relation between SMD and ED risk. Individuals who were low in SMD and who reported low levels of NPI reported much lower levels of ED risk than those with low SMD and high NPI. However, Individuals who were high in SMD and who reported low levels of NPI reported much higher levels of ED risk than those with high SMD and high NPI. Contrary to our hypotheses, Motor impulsiveness and cognitive impulsiveness did not emerge as moderators of the relation between SMD and ED risk.

conclusionsResults provide growing support that factors that interact with SMD can lessen or aggravate SMD's effect on ED risk. These findings can be beneficial to our understanding of how and when social media dependence impacts undergraduates' eating disorders risk.

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Feeding and Eating DisordersSocial MediaAdolescentChinaHumansSurveys and QuestionnairesEating disorders riskModerating roleNon-planned impulsivenessSocial media dependence

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