Risk of Disordered Eating Among a Sample of Indian Adolescents: The Role of Online Activity, Social Anxiety and Social Support

IF 0.4 Q4 PEDIATRICS
B. Piko, Kosha Patel, Hedvig Kiss
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Abstract

Background: Although the concept of a slim body was first introduced in Western societies, body dissatisfaction and disordered eating became a globalized issue, and appeared in India and other Asian cultures as well. However, we know much less about the background variables in this region. Aim: To further examine potential risk and protective factors for disordered eating, we aimed to detect the role of online activity (smartphone addiction, time spent online), social anxiety and social support as well as Body Mass Index (BMI), academic performance, and sociodemographics in elevating the risk of disordered eating among a sample of Indian adolescents. Methods: This study employed 112 high school students (aged between 14–18 years; mean age = 16.01 years; SD = 1.08; 47.3% females) from a private high school located in Vadodara, India. Besides sociodemographics, weight and height (Body Mass Index, BMI), academic performance, and average screen time on weekdays/weekends) were asked. We used four different instruments for exploring the psychological variables: Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26), Smartphone Addiction Scale – Short Version (SAS-SV), The Kutcher Generalized Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents (K-GSADS-A), and Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS). Results: Using a cut-off score of 20 points, 9.8% of the students were evaluated as being at risk for disordered eating. Besides time spent online on weekdays, smartphone addiction, social anxiety and avoidance, and higher BMI scores elevated the risk of disordered eating in bivariate logistic regressions, while social support served as a protection. In the final multivariate model, only two factors remained significant contributors: being online on weekdays (risk) and being online on weekends (protection). Conclusion: These findings highlight the different roles of Internet use in the risk of disordered eating (weekdays: risky, weekend: protective) among this sample of Indian adolescents which can be explained by a possible shift in students’ social connections (from peers to family) during the different period of the week.
印度青少年样本中饮食失调的风险:网络活动,社交焦虑和社会支持的作用
背景:尽管苗条身材的概念最早出现在西方社会,但对身体的不满和饮食失调已经成为一个全球化的问题,并出现在印度和其他亚洲文化中。然而,我们对该地区背景变量的了解要少得多。目的:为了进一步研究饮食紊乱的潜在风险和保护因素,我们旨在检测网络活动(智能手机成瘾、上网时间)、社交焦虑和社会支持以及体重指数(BMI)、学习成绩和社会人口统计学在印度青少年样本中提高饮食紊乱风险的作用。方法:本研究雇佣了来自印度瓦都达拉一所私立高中的112名高中生(年龄在14-18岁之间;平均年龄=16.01岁;SD=1.08;47.3%为女性)。除了社会人口统计外,还询问了体重和身高(体重指数、BMI)、学习成绩和工作日/周末的平均屏幕时间。我们使用了四种不同的工具来探索心理变量:饮食态度测试(EAT-26)、智能手机成瘾量表-简版(SAS-SV)、青少年库彻广义社交焦虑量表(K-GSADS-A)和感知社会支持多维量表(MSPSS)。结果:使用20分的截止分数,9.8%的学生被评估为有饮食紊乱的风险。除了工作日上网时间外,在双变量逻辑回归中,智能手机成瘾、社交焦虑和回避以及较高的BMI分数都会增加饮食紊乱的风险,而社会支持起到了保护作用。在最终的多变量模型中,只有两个因素仍然是重要因素:工作日上网(风险)和周末上网(保护)。结论:这些发现突出了互联网使用在印度青少年饮食紊乱风险中的不同作用(工作日:有风险,周末:有保护性),这可以通过一周中不同时期学生的社会关系(从同龄人到家庭)的可能转变来解释。
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期刊介绍: Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (JIACAM) is a peer reviewed online journal. Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals (http://www.icmje.org) will be followed. JIACAM accepts original articles, review articles, case reports, conference announcements, summary of trials, letters to the editor and conference reports.
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