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ArticleJournal of eating disorders2022

Dating app usage and motivations for dating app usage are associated with increased disordered eating.

K Blake, J Portingale, S Giles, S Griffiths, I Krug

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Article in Journal of eating disorders, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

K BlakeMelbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Redomond Barry Builiding, Level 7, Room 707, Melbourne, VIC, 3010, Australia.
J PortingaleMelbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Redomond Barry Builiding, Level 7, Room 707, Melbourne, VIC, 3010, Australia.
S GilesMelbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Redomond Barry Builiding, Level 7, Room 707, Melbourne, VIC, 3010, Australia.
S GriffithsMelbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Redomond Barry Builiding, Level 7, Room 707, Melbourne, VIC, 3010, Australia.
I KrugMelbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Redomond Barry Builiding, Level 7, Room 707, Melbourne, VIC, 3010, Australia. Isabel.krug@unimelb.edu.au.
University of Melbourne · AUEnvironmental Earth Sciences · AU

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The centrality of physical appearance in dating app environments may constitute an appearance-related pressure that increases the likelihood of body dissatisfaction (BD) and disordered eating (DE), thus exacerbating the relationship between DE-predictive traits and DE itself. Although dating app use has been linked to BD and DE, prior research has also neglected the role of individuals' dating app use motivations and relevant traits in eating pathology. To address these gaps, the current study investigated whether dating app usage moderated the effects of appearance-based rejection sensitivity, fear of negative evaluation, emotion dysregulation, and perceived social rank on DE. We also examined the unique effects of individuals' dating app use motivations on DE. Participants (N = 690) completed baseline measures of demographic and trait variables including dating app usage. DE was positively associated with female gender, higher body mass index, a history of eating disorder (ED) diagnosis, appearance-based rejection sensitivity, and emotion dysregulation. There was a small, positive association between dating app usage and DE, indicating that dating app users were more likely to report DE symptoms, appearance-based rejection sensitivity, and emotion dysregulation. No investigated predictor was moderated by dating app usage, but four of the six measured motivations for using dating apps (love, self-worth, ease of communication, and thrill of excitement motivations) were associated with DE among the dating app user sample (casual sex and trendiness motivations were not). Given that DE behaviours can lead to EDs, the present findings suggest that lifetime dating app usage may increase socio-cultural appearance pressures that confer risk for DE.

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Dating appsDisordered eatingEmotion regulationRejection sensitivitySocial rank

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PMID36443873
PMCPMC9706906
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