Dating Apps And Eating Behaviour

Researchers looked at whether the coherence of sense of self, known as “self-concept clarity”, influenced social media users to compare themselves with online depictions of idealized slender bodies. 

Participants with lower ...

• Social media use is on the rise, with over 70 percent of Americans regularly online.
• Social media and dating apps are potentially harmful to users, both emotionally and physically.
• Researchers have found negative effects on body image, eating behavior, mood, and physical heal...

Researchers in a study have found that increased social media use predicted body dissatisfaction one year later, and body dissatisfaction also predicted greater social media use, with a small but significant effect size. There were differences between men and women: Social media use and body diss...

There's no denying that social media and all the other promises of evolving information technology and machine learning hold great potential to improve quality of life, but ...

Social media has become a mirror through which we catch a glimpse of ourselves, literally through selfies and photos taken by others, and through how we react to one another, through our experience of online connectedness both on major social media platforms as well as through dating apps and liv...

• As families and individuals make choices about social media, it is of critical importance that they be armed with up-to-date information about the impact of such behavior on health and well-being.
• For parents, this research adds to the growing body of cautionary information and is a...