Ask and you shall receive: Desire and receipt of feedback via Facebook predicts disordered eating concerns
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Objective: The current study examined whether certain types of Facebook content (i.e., status updates, comments) relate to eating concerns and attitudes. Method: We examined the effects of seeking and receiving negative feedback via Facebook on disordered eating concerns in a sample of 185 undergraduate students followed for approximately 4 weeks. Results: Results indicated that individuals with a negative feedback seeking style who received a high number of comments on Facebook were more likely to report disordered eating attitudes four weeks later. Additionally, individuals who received extremely negative comments in response to their personally revealing status updates were more likely to report disordered eating concerns four weeks later. Discussion: Results of the current study provide preliminary evidence that seeking and receiving negative feedback via social networking sites can increase risk for disordered eating attitudes, and suggest that reducing maladaptive social networking usage may be an important target for prevention and intervention efforts aimed at reducing disordered eating attitudes. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. (Int J Eat Disord 2015; 48:436–442)
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Positive correlations have been observed between social networking site (SNS) usage and disordered eating levels in young adults.
“Positive correlations have also been observed between social networking site (SNS) usage and disordered eating levels in young adults (Mabe et al., 2014; Hummel and Smith, 2015).”
From Common Predictive Factors of Social Media Addiction and Eating Disorder Symptoms in Female College Students: State Anxiety and the Mediating Role of Cognitive Flexibility/Sustained Attention (2022) · cites this paper as Hummel and Smith, 2015
Hummel and Smith (2015) found that college students who received negative comments after negative feedback-seeking were more likely to report eating disorder symptoms four weeks later.
“For example, Hummel and Smith (2015) found that college students who received negative comments after engaging in negative feedback-seeking (i.e., posting personally revealing “status updates,” or public posts containing negative content about one’s personal life) were more likely to report eating disorder symptoms 4 weeks later.”
From Transformation of Adolescent Peer Relations in the Social Media Context: Part 1—A Theoretical Framework and Application to Dyadic Peer Relationships (2018) · cites this paper as Hummel and Smith 2015
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- Authors
- Hummel, A. C., & Smith, A. R.
- Affiliations
- Miami University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Hummel, Alexandra C.
- Smith, April R.
- ORCID
- Smith, April R.
- Venue
- International Journal of Eating Disorders
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2014-07-25
- Volume
- 48
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 436-442
- ISSN
- 0276-3478 (ISSN-L)
- 1098-108X
- OpenAlex
- W1761266502
- Cited by
- 105
- References
- 19
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 20 · 2021: 17 · 2020: 14 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 4
- FWCI
- 6.29
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- International Journal of Eating Disorders (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
- Keywords
- disordered eating, Facebook, social networking sites, social feedback, status updates, online comments, eating attitudes, undergraduate students
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Feeding and Eating Disorders, Body Image, Diet, Female, Humans, Male, Motivation, Regression Analysis, Self Disclosure, Feedback, Psychological, Social Networking, Social Media
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