Eating disorder-related social comparison in college women's everyday lives.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study examined: frequency of upward and downward body, eating, and exercise comparisons; context in which these comparisons occur; and body, eating, and exercise comparison direction as predictors of concurrent body dissatisfaction and disordered eating thoughts, urges, and behaviors in college women's everyday lives using ecological momentary assessment (EMA).

Method

Participants were 232 college women who completed a two-week EMA protocol, using their personal electronic devices to answer questions three times per day.

Results

First, body, eating, and exercise comparisons were common. Second, when these comparisons were made, they were typically upward. Third, body comparisons were most oftentimes made about weight and shape and eating comparisons abo

SUBMITTER: Fitzsimmons-Craft EE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5538923 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature