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The #orthorexia community on Instagram
PURPOSE: This mixed-methods study delved into the relationship between orthorexia nervosa (ON) and Instagram. METHODS: Two quantitative data sources were used: content analysis of pictures using #orthorexia (n = 3027), and an online questionnaire investigating the experience of ON and the use of Ins...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8933345/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33835422 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40519-021-01157-w |
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author | Valente, Martina Renckens, Sophie Bunders-Aelen, Joske Syurina, Elena V. |
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description | PURPOSE: This mixed-methods study delved into the relationship between orthorexia nervosa (ON) and Instagram. METHODS: Two quantitative data sources were used: content analysis of pictures using #orthorexia (n = 3027), and an online questionnaire investigating the experience of ON and the use of Instagram of people sharing ON-related content on Instagram (n = 185). Following, interviews (n = 9) were conducted with people posting ON-related content on Instagram and self-identifying as having (had) ON. RESULTS: People who share ON-related content on Instagram were found to be primarily young women (questionnaire = 95.2% females, mean age 26.2 years; interviews = 100% females, mean age 28.4 years), who were found to be heavy social media users and favor Instagram over other platforms. Questionnaire respondents agreed in defining ON as an obsession with a diet considered healthy, with bio-psycho-social negative consequences, though those who self-identified as having (had) ON were more likely to point out the negative impairments of ON. Interviewees deemed Instagram partially responsible for the development of ON. Instead, they agreed that Instagram encourages problem realization. Content analysis showed that ON is encoded in pictures of ‘food’, ‘people’, ‘text’ and ‘other.’ Interviewees revealed that they started posting to recover, share information, help others, and they felt inspired to post by other accounts. A sense of belonging to the #orthorexia community emerged, where people share values and ideals, and seek validation from others. CONCLUSION: Conversations around #orthorexia on Instagram generate supportive communities aiding recovery. Individuals use Instagram for helping others and themselves recovering from ON. Understanding how people help each other, manage their health, cope with symptoms, and undertake recovery can inform the implementation of therapeutic interventions for ON. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level III, evidence obtained from well-designed cohort or case–control analytic studies. |
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spelling | pubmed-89333452022-04-01 The #orthorexia community on Instagram Valente, Martina Renckens, Sophie Bunders-Aelen, Joske Syurina, Elena V. Eat Weight Disord Original Article PURPOSE: This mixed-methods study delved into the relationship between orthorexia nervosa (ON) and Instagram. METHODS: Two quantitative data sources were used: content analysis of pictures using #orthorexia (n = 3027), and an online questionnaire investigating the experience of ON and the use of Instagram of people sharing ON-related content on Instagram (n = 185). Following, interviews (n = 9) were conducted with people posting ON-related content on Instagram and self-identifying as having (had) ON. RESULTS: People who share ON-related content on Instagram were found to be primarily young women (questionnaire = 95.2% females, mean age 26.2 years; interviews = 100% females, mean age 28.4 years), who were found to be heavy social media users and favor Instagram over other platforms. Questionnaire respondents agreed in defining ON as an obsession with a diet considered healthy, with bio-psycho-social negative consequences, though those who self-identified as having (had) ON were more likely to point out the negative impairments of ON. Interviewees deemed Instagram partially responsible for the development of ON. Instead, they agreed that Instagram encourages problem realization. Content analysis showed that ON is encoded in pictures of ‘food’, ‘people’, ‘text’ and ‘other.’ Interviewees revealed that they started posting to recover, share information, help others, and they felt inspired to post by other accounts. A sense of belonging to the #orthorexia community emerged, where people share values and ideals, and seek validation from others. CONCLUSION: Conversations around #orthorexia on Instagram generate supportive communities aiding recovery. Individuals use Instagram for helping others and themselves recovering from ON. Understanding how people help each other, manage their health, cope with symptoms, and undertake recovery can inform the implementation of therapeutic interventions for ON. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level III, evidence obtained from well-designed cohort or case–control analytic studies. Springer International Publishing 2021-04-09 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC8933345/ /pubmed/33835422 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40519-021-01157-w Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Original Article Valente, Martina Renckens, Sophie Bunders-Aelen, Joske Syurina, Elena V. The #orthorexia community on Instagram |
title | The #orthorexia community on Instagram |
title_full | The #orthorexia community on Instagram |
title_fullStr | The #orthorexia community on Instagram |
title_full_unstemmed | The #orthorexia community on Instagram |
title_short | The #orthorexia community on Instagram |
title_sort | #orthorexia community on instagram |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8933345/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33835422 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40519-021-01157-w |
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