Üniversite Öğrencilerinde Sosyal Medya Bağımlılığının Sosyal Görünüş Kaygısı ve Ortoreksiya Nervoza Üzerine Etkisinin İncelenmesi

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışmada, üniversite öğrencileri arasında sosyal medya bağımlılığı ile sosyal görünüş kaygısı ve ortoreksiya nervoza arasındaki ilişki incelenmiştir. Gereç ve Yöntem: Bu kesitsel ve tanımlayıcı çalışma, 2020-2021 eğitim-öğretim yılı bahar döneminde Kapadokya üniversitesinde öğrenim gören 1000 öğrenci (429 erkek, 571 kadın) ile yürütülmüştür. Sosyal medya bağımlılığı “Sosyal Medya Bağımlılığı Ölçeği (SMAS) (Yetişkin Formu)”; sosyal görünüş kaygısı “Sosyal Görünüş Kaygısı Ölçeği (SAAS)”; ortoreksiya nervoza ise “ORTO-11” soru ölçeği aracılığıyla saptanmıştır. Ayrıca katılımcıların antropometrik ölçümleri de değerlendirilmiştir. Bulgular: Sosyal görünüş kaygısı ve ortorektik semptomların erkeklerde kadınlara kıyasla daha yüksek ve yaygın olduğu bulunmuştur (sırasıyla p<0,001 ve p<0,05). Her iki cinsiyette de SMAS ve SAAS'den elde edilen puanlar arasında pozitif, zayıf korelasyon saptanmıştır (sırasıyla r=0,269, p<0,001; r=0,238, p<0,001). Sadece erkeklerde SMAS ve ORTO-11'den elde edilen puanlar arasında pozitif, çok zayıf korelasyon bulunmuştur (r=0,093, p<0,001). Sonuç: Erkek öğrencilerde sosyal görünüş kaygısı ve ortoreksiya nervoza semptomları kadınlara kıyasla daha yüksek bulunmuştur. Sosyal medya bağımlılığı ile sosyal görünüş kaygısı arasında her iki cinsiyette zayıf pozitif korelasyon, yalnızca erkeklerde sosyal medya bağımlılığı ile ortorektik eğilim arasında çok zayıf pozitif korelasyon saptanmıştır. Bulgular, sosyal medya bağımlılığının gençlerin beden algısı ve sağlıklı yeme davranışları üzerinde olumsuz etkiler yaratabileceğini göstermektedir. Genç neslin sağlığını olumsuz etkileyen ve yeme davranışı bozukluklarına zemin hazırlayan bu bağımlılığın azaltılması için gençlere yönelik eğitim ve bilinçlendirme çalışmaları yürütülmelidir.

Keywords

• Anksiyete
• bağımlılık
• ortoreksiya nervosa
• üniversite öğrencileri
• yeme davranışı bozuklukları.

Investigation of the Effect of Social Media Addiction on Social Appearance Anxiety and Orthorexia Nervosa in College Students

Abstract

Objective: This study investigated the relationship between social media addiction, social appearance anxiety, and orthorexia nervosa among university students. Material and Methods: This cross-sectional and descriptive study was conducted with 1000 students (429 male, 571 female) enrolled at Cappadocia University during the spring semester of the 2020-2021 academic year. Social media addiction was assessed with the "Social Media Addiction Scale (SMAS) (Adult Form); social appearance anxiety was assessed with the "Social Appearance Anxiety Scale (SAAS)"; and orthorexia nervosa was assessed with the "ORTO-11" question scale. Additionally, the participants' anthropometric measurements were assessed. Results: It was found that social appearance anxiety was higher, and orthorexic symptoms were more common in males compared to females (p<0.001 and p<0.05, respectively). A positive, weak correlation was found between the scores obtained from SMAS and SAAS in both sexes (r=0.269, p<0.001; r=0.238, p<0.001, respectively). Only in males was a positive, very weak correlation found between the score obtained from the SMAS and the ORTO-11 (r=0.093, p<0.001). Conclusion: Social appearance anxiety and orthorexia nervosa symptoms were found to be higher in males than in females. A weak positive correlation was found between social media addiction and social appearance anxiety in both genders, while only a very weak positive correlation was found between social media addiction and orthorexic tendencies in males. The findings suggest that social media addiction may have negative effects on young people's body image and healthy eating behaviours. Educational and awareness-raising initiatives targeting young people should be implemented to reduce this addiction, which negatively impacts the health of the younger generation and lays the groundwork for eating disorders.

Keywords

• Anxiety
• college students
• eating behavior disorders
• orthorexia nervosa
• addiction.

Supporting Institution

There is no organisation supporting the study.

Ethical Statement

This study was conducted according to the guidelines in the Declaration of Helsinki. Approval from the Cappadocia University Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Committee (number/date ETK.FR. Decision Number: 2019.04) was obtained for the study. Informed consent form was obtained from the participants.

Thanks

We would like to thank the students of Cappadocia University for their help during the data collection process.

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