Understanding how individuals form and maintain strong social networks has emerged as a significant public health priority as a result of the increased focus on the epidemic of …
Purpose In on-line forums, parents have reported that their children seemed to experience a sudden or rapid onset of gender dysphoria, appearing for the first time during puberty or …
JW Kim, TM Chock - Computers in human behavior, 2015 - Elsevier
A cross-sectional survey (N= 186) was conducted to examine the relationships between young women's and men's social media use and body image attitudes—the drive for …
Purpose In on-line forums, parents have been reporting that their children are experiencing what is described here as “rapid-onset gender dysphoria,” appearing for the first time during …
Introduction The amount of information being uploaded onto social video platforms, such as YouTube, Vimeo, and Veoh, continues to spiral, making it increasingly difficult to discern …
D Ging, S Garvey - New Media & Society, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Since pro-anorexia websites began to appear in the 1990s, there has been a growing body of academic work on pro-ana and thinspiration communities online. Underpinned by a range …
DB Branley, J Covey - Frontiers in psychology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Objectives: To compare how people communicate about eating disorders on two popular social media platforms–Twitter and Tumblr. Materials and Methods: Thematic analysis was …
S Kendal, S Kirk, R Elvey, R Catchpole… - Health …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Young people with eating disorders are at risk of harm to their social, emotional and physical development and life chances. Although they can be reluctant to seek help …
D Reid, P Weigle - Adolescent Psychiatry, 2014 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: Although use of social media is an important part of adolescents' lives, the mental health impact of this activity is largely unknown to practitioners. Methods: An …