The Correlation between Social Media Addiction and Emotional Eating during the Covid-19 Quarantine Period
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This study was conducted with 458 participants. The demographic and health information of the participants along with the Social Media Addiction, Emotional Eating Scale were obtained. The level of social media addiction in adults was moderate, and women were more interested in social media than men. As the average age of participants increased, the virtual tolerance, virtual communication, social media scores decreased (p < .05). The study found that 51.6% of individuals with emotional eating tendencies happened to be obese. The social media addiction scale scores of those with emotional eating tendencies were higher than those without emotional eating tendencies (p < .05)
Addiction · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Eating behavior · Emotional eating · Obesity · Psychiatry · Social media · Child Development and Digital Technology · Clinical Psychology · Eating Disorders and Behaviors · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Medicine · Psychology
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