The Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale: its psychometric properties and invariance among women with eating disorders.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Facebook addiction is increasing, giving rise to limited real-life social networks, loneliness, poor work and academic performance, psychopathology, and low well-being. Facebook entails numerous factors that increase the risk for disordered eating attitudes and behaviors (e.g., use time and Facebook activities such as social grooming and photo sharing). This study aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale (BFAS) among patients with eating disorders (EDs) given lack of validation of Facebook addiction measures in this population.

Methods

A cross-sectional study involving 123 inpatient and outpatient women with EDs (Mean age = 27.3, SD = 10.6, range = 14-59 years) used confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), multigroup CFA, stru

SUBMITTER: Ali AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8968775 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature