“If I Unfollow Them, It's Not a Dig at Them”: A Narrative Analysis of Instagram Use in Eating Disorder Recovery

IF 2.5 2区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Psychology of Women Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-04-11 DOI:10.1177/03616843231166378

Ilinka Nikolova, A. LaMarre

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Abstract

Engaging with the encounters and interactions people have on social media opens the opportunity to think differently about eating disorder (ED) recoveries. We used narrative thematic analysis to explore the experiences of eight participants who regularly use Instagram and who are in recovery from EDs. Our analyses illustrate how participants engaged with Instagram in an active and agentic way, navigating discourses about EDs including who is impacted by EDs and who has access to ED recovery. Participants’ stories illustrate how engaging with Instagram in recovery sometimes meant disengaging from content that was not helpful in their lives and recoveries. They discussed the agency of algorithms and how unexpected content could derail them from using Instagram for connection and community. Participants’ stories also demonstrate how healthist discourses infuse social media content ostensibly about recovery in a way that requires the user to be active in moderating the content they engage with. Grounding our conclusions in work on healthism and biopedagogies, we encourage a systemic approach that focuses on what shifts might be made to reduce the need for people in recovery to be hypervigilant about the content they consume in recovery. Online slides for instructors who want to use this article for teaching are available on PWQ's website at http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/suppl/10.1177/03616843231166378.

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“如果我不允许他们，那就不是在挖苦他们”：Instagram在饮食失调康复中的使用叙事分析

参与人们在社交媒体上的遭遇和互动，有机会对饮食失调（ED）的康复进行不同的思考。我们使用叙述性主题分析来探索八名经常使用Instagram和正在从ED中恢复的参与者的经历。我们的分析说明了参与者如何以积极和代理的方式使用Instagram，浏览关于ED的话语，包括谁受到ED的影响，谁有机会获得ED恢复。参与者的故事表明，在康复过程中使用Instagram有时意味着脱离对他们的生活和康复没有帮助的内容。他们讨论了算法的代理，以及意外内容如何使他们无法使用Instagram进行连接和社区。参与者的故事还展示了健康主义话语如何融入社交媒体内容，表面上是关于康复的，这需要用户积极调节他们参与的内容。基于我们在健康主义和生物饮食方面的研究结论，我们鼓励采取系统的方法，重点关注可能做出的改变，以减少康复者对他们在康复过程中消费的内容高度警惕的需求。想要使用本文进行教学的教师的在线幻灯片可在PWQ的网站上获得，网址为http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/suppl/10.1177/03616843231166378.

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Psychology of Women Quarterly Multiple-

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6.10

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期刊介绍： Psychology of Women Quarterly (PWQ) is a feminist, scientific, peer-reviewed journal that publishes empirical research, critical reviews and theoretical articles that advance a field of inquiry, teaching briefs, and invited book reviews related to the psychology of women and gender. Topics include (but are not limited to) feminist approaches, methodologies, and critiques; violence against women; body image and objectification; sexism, stereotyping, and discrimination; intersectionality of gender with other social locations (such as age, ability status, class, ethnicity, race, and sexual orientation); international concerns; lifespan development and change; physical and mental well being; therapeutic interventions; sexuality; social activism; and career development. This journal will be of interest to clinicians, faculty, and researchers in all psychology disciplines, as well as those interested in the sociology of gender, women’s studies, interpersonal violence, ethnic and multicultural studies, social advocates, policy makers, and teacher education.