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Essstörungen im Internet: Eine experimentelle Studie zu den Auswirkungen von Pro-Essstörungs- und Selbsthilfewebsites

Article in PPmP - Psychotherapie · Psychosomatik · Medizinische Psychologie, February 2012.

Diabetes, Children, Risk

  1. Florian Theis
  2. Markus Wolf
  3. Peter Fiedler
  4. Matthias Backenstrass
  5. Hans Kordy

Abstract

Pro-eating disorders (ED) websites are assumed to have a negative impact on internet users because these sites promote ED as a lifestyle, and present an extreme thin ideal as well as extreme weight loss measures. We tested the impact of reading pro-ED contents in a sample of 421 women. The participants were randomly assigned to one of 3 conditions in which they were exposed to either a pro-ED blog, a self-help blog, or a neutral control blog. Post-exposure negative affect was higher in participants of the pro-ED and the self-help conditions compared to the neutral blog condition. Participants with an elevated risk for developing an ED had a lower appearance self esteem after exposure to the pro-ED, or the self-help blog. According to the study, a subgroup of high risk individuals might be affected by ED-related internet content. The implications of this study are discussed in the context of the ongoing controversy around pro-ED websites.

Cite

@article{theis2012essstorungen,
  title = {{Essstörungen im Internet: Eine experimentelle Studie zu den Auswirkungen von Pro-Essstörungs- und Selbsthilfewebsites}},
  author = {Theis, Florian and Wolf, Markus and Fiedler, Peter and Backenstrass, Matthias and Kordy, Hans},
  journal = {PPmP - Psychotherapie · Psychosomatik · Medizinische Psychologie},
  publisher = {Georg Thieme Verlag KG},
  year = {2012},
  month = feb,
  doi = {10.1055/s-0031-1301336},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0031-1301336},
  pmid = {22334087}
}
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