Motives for using social networking sites: a uses & gratifications perspective amongst people with eating disorder symptoms.

ABSTRACT: Studies investigating motives for social networking sites (SNS) use amongst people with eating disorder (ED) symptoms are scarce. The uses and gratifications theory states that people actively select media content to gratify their individual needs and this may help to explain why individuals with eating disorder symptoms choose to expose themselves to specific media content and how they choose to respond. Some evidence exists that readiness to change may be a factor related to SNS use patterns in this population. The aim of the present study was to investigate the potential relationship between readiness to change ED cognitions/behaviors and SNS use motives in individuals with current or past ED symptoms, employing a uses and gratifications theory perspective. Participants were recruited f

SUBMITTER: Dingemans AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10731897 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature