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How The Consumption of Social Media (Tik Tok) Lead To The Increase of Eating Disorders Within

Teens?

He, Z., & Yang, W. (2022). Impulsiveness as potential moderators of the relation between social media

dependence and eating disorders risk. BMC Psychology, 10(1), NA.

https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A702989976/AONE?u=ko_k12hs_d71&sid=bookmark-AONE&xid=ac18

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This report discusses the correlation between social media and eating disorders. They believe that

having social media independence and the risk of one obtaining an eating disorder are linked. The report's

goal was to determine if having independence on social media could be affected mainly by impulsiveness,

causing eating orders to develop. The experiment was conducted with undergraduates ranging in age from

18 to 19 years old. These undergraduates were given a questionnaire regarding social media dependence,

eating disorders, and overall impulsiveness. The results found that individuals with low social media

dependence and low impulsiveness reported much lower risks of contracting an eating disorder. On the

contrary, those with high social media dependence and low levels of impulsiveness were found to have an

increased risk of an eating disorder. The final results concluded that their hypothesis was incorrect.

Impulsiveness was not the main contributor to eating disorders through social media independence.

In this report, the viewpoint is presented by those conducting the experiment, further displaying a

third-person point of view. The bias within this report is regarding age. The report explains that the

median age is around 18 to 19 years old. The experiment excludes other ages that could fit into the

“teenage” category. By using a short range of ages, the data may not represent all teens/undergraduates,

allowing for a bias in this report to occur. The authors of this report specialize in psychology, which is

why the experiment helps to understand one's mental process in terms of self-image, social media, and

mental health. All these topics correspond to the brain's processing.

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Social media is one of the main contributors to developing or worsening an eating disorder. The

question of how the consumption of Tik Tok leads to the increase of eating disorders among teens can be

answered through this source. This report helps to support the belief that social media has a negative and

major impact on teens. This source uses factors such as social media independence and impulsiveness to

determine if they have an impact on teens leading to eating disorders. This source helps to prove the

overall question as it uses different contributors to help distinguish how and in what ways social media

can contribute to eating disorders.

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Lee, Y., Jeon, Y. J., Kang, S., Shin, J. I., Jung, Y.-C., & Jung, S. J. (2022). Social media use and mental

health during the COVID-19 pandemic in young adults: a meta-analysis of 14 cross-sectional studies.

BMC Public Health, 22(1), NA.

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During the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers wanted to test whether or not increased

screen time on social media would cause an increase in mental health disorders. The purpose of this study

was to see if the time spent on social media during the pandemic would increase the chances of worsening

mental health among teens. In this experiment, 14 students were evaluated by the Cochrane Library

databases using specific tools to measure one's mental health. The results prove that the hypothesis was in

fact correct. Spending more time on social media increased the rates of mental health illnesses such as

anxiety and depression. The final conclusion states that increased screen time on social media provided a

high likelihood of obtaining symptoms of anxiety and depression, which may possibly lead to other

serious issues.

In this report, the viewpoint is presented by those conducting the experiment, further displaying a

third person's point of view. The experiment is conducted by doctors to test the risk of teens' mental health

due to contributing factors such as social media. There isn't a particular bias in place within this report/

experiment.

Social media is one of the main contributors to developing or worsening an eating disorder. The

question, how does the consumption of Tik Tok lead to the increase of eating disorders within teens can

be answered through this source. This source discusses how mental health issues arise from the
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consumption of social media during the time of the pandemic. This source helps to prove that the use of

social media can result in mental health disorders forming. This source mainly discusses issues such as

depression and anxiety. Although it is not discussing eating disorders in particular, these factors (anxiety,

and depression) can contribute and possibly help form an eating disorder. This source helps to prove that

the use of social media, and the amount of screen time can heavily impact the mental health of teens,

contributing to worsening effects.

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Pruccoli, Jacopo, et al. "The use of TikTok among children and adolescents with Eating Disorders:

experience in a third-level public Italian center during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic." Italian Journal of

Pediatrics, vol. 48, no. 1, 30 July 2022, p. NA. Gale Academic OneFile,

link.gale.com/apps/doc/A712094027/AONE?u=ko_k12hs_d71&sid=bookmark-AONE&xid=6aa344b8.

Accessed 25 Sept. 2022.

This report discusses the impact social media has on teens during the SARS COVID-19 pandemic

in Italy. The main purpose of this experiment was to see if the use of social media could cause one to

develop an eating disorder. They believe that social media has a serious impact on teens' mental health. In

their study, they used Tik Tok as their main social media platform to conduct their findings. To conduct

this experiment, they had created an anonymous survey given to teens ranging from ages 14 to 15 who

were staying at an Italian third-level center for eating disorder recovery. The survey assessed the

demographics of Tik Tok, frequency of use, frequently viewed hashtags, experiences of body shaming,

and what was searched for on the app. The experiment consisted of 78 patients with 93.6% being females

and 6.4% being males ranging from ages 14 and onwards. The study found that the most frequent topics

used on this platform were pro-anorexia and pro-eating disorders. These Topics were searched by patients

and displayed by social media itself. The study found that 59% of teens had reduced self-esteem due to

social media. The results also found that 26.9% had changed their daily lives since the experiment started,

and 3.8% had experienced body shaming. The main findings support that Tik Tok has mainly negative

effects on teens. The hypothesis generated was proven correct as the use of Tik Tok in particular

worsened or even caused eating disorders within teens.

In this report, the viewpoint is presented by those conducting the experiment, further displaying a

third person's point of view. The experiment was done by pediatric doctors within the facility to test the

impacts of social media within teens. The bias presents the disruption between the number of girls and

boys tested within the experiment. In this experiment, only 6.4 percent were males, and 93.6 percent were
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females. The imbalance of numbers could result in inaccuracy within this experiment. By using more

women in this experiment, it adds bias as it's assumed that more girls struggle with eating disorders than

males.

Social media is one of the main contributors to developing or worsening an eating disorder. The question

of how the consumption of Tik Tok leads to the increase of eating disorders among teens can be answered

through this source. This source helps to prove how social media can affect our mental health and can

even cause an illness to worsen. The experiment conducted helps to prove that social media can impact

one who may be suffering from an eating disorder in a negative way. It helps to display the negative

environment displayed on social media. It even aids in normalizing serious mental health issues like

eating disorders. This is a very useful source as it helps to support the thesis that the use of social media

can increase the risk of eating disorders among teens.