We Just Want To Be Liked: Frequent Facebook Use Linked To Eating Disorder Risk
Wednesday, March 5, 2014 - 15:30
in Psychology & Sociology
Frequent Facebook users also share a greater risk of eating disorders, according to a new psychology paper. The small sample used 960 college students (naturally) and determined that more time on Facebook was associated with higher levels of disordered eating. Females who placed greater importance on receiving comments and "likes" on their status updates and were more likely to un-tag photos of themselves and compare their own photos to friends' posted photos reported the highest levels of disordered eating. read more