NCT06639048

Social Media and Eating Disorder Fear

Is There a Relationship Between Individuals' Social Media Use and Their Fears of Eating Disorders?

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 799 (actual)
• Sponsor: Ankara Yildirim Beyazıt University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 19 Years – 30 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The goal of this observational study is to learn about the relationship between social media use and fear of eating disorders in university students. The main question it aims to answer is: Is there a relationship between social media use and eating disorder fears in university students? University students will answer a questionnaire face to face, including questions about their social media usage habits, the impact of social media on eating behavior scale, and the fears of eating disorders scale.

Conditions

• Eating Disorder
• University Students
• Social Media
• Eating Behavior
• Fear

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Questionnaire	Questionnaire including demographic characteristics, social media usage habits, body weight, height, effects of social media on eating behavior scale and eating disorder fear questionnaire.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-01-01
• Primary completion: 2023-06-01
• Completion: 2023-06-01
• First posted: 2024-10-15
• Last updated: 2024-10-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)