thinspo and fitspo posts more likely to appear in the feeds of women and girls with eating disorders, new research finds.
examines how two specific types of Instagram content—fitspiration and thinspiration —affect women with a history of disordered eating.
Understanding the link between social media use and eating-disordered behaviors is a more complicated undertaking than many might realize. There’s reasonably consistent evidence of a correlation between social media use and/eating concerns among young women. But as every psychology student can tell you: Correlation does not equal causation.
In addition to administering a set of online surveys at the beginning of the study, the researchers used a tool called ecological momentary assessment. Ecological momentary assessment involves repeatedly surveying participants’ experiences in real-time, typically via smartphone. Overall, the more time these young women spent on Instagram, the more likely they were to view eating disorder-relevant content. That’s not surprising, given that more time on the app simply offers more opportunities for encountering thinspo and fitspo.
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