ArticleNutrients2022
Body Dissatisfaction and Disordered Eating Behaviors: The Mediation Role of Smartphone Addiction and Depression.
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- Associations of Problematic Smartphone Use and Smartphone Screen Time With Eating Disorder Psychopathology in Non-Clinical Samples: A Systematic Review.JMIR mental health · 2026Pooled it
- Body image, self-esteem, emotion regulation, and eating disorders in adults: a systematic review.Neuropsychiatrie : Klinik, Diagnostik, Therapie und Rehabilitation : Organ der Gesellschaft Osterreichischer Nervenarzte und Psychiater · 2025Pooled it
- Body dissatisfaction, drug use, and associated factors among adolescents in three Brazilian cities.Revista latino-americana de enfermagem · 2022Trial
- Body image dissatisfaction and disordered eating behaviors among female students at Birzeit university: a cross-sectional study.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- Psychological correlates of mindful eating: the role of mindfulness and eating behaviors among health sciences students.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Mediating Effect of Anxiety/Depression Between Nomophobia and Disordered Eating Among Lebanese Young Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
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- Weight dissatisfaction is linked to higher eating disinhibition and greater weight fluctuations in adults with weight management experience.Journal of health psychology · 2026Article
- The relationship between problematic digital media use and food addiction, eating behaviours, and obesity: a cross-sectional study on Turkish university students.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- The mediating effect of depression and eating behaviours on the relationship between smartphone addiction and obesity in adolescents.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Effects of group counseling on height dissatisfaction and attentional bias in adolescence.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- The interaction between future food considerations, regulation of eating behaviors, sense of purpose, and social media consciousness among college students: a study on mediation effects and network analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Frequency, Correlates, and Symptom Severity of Eating Disorders Among College Students in Mexico.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Indirect Effects of Body Dissatisfaction in the Association Between Intolerance of Uncertainty and Disordered Eating Attitudes: A Cross-Sectional Study on Italian University Female Students.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- The moderating effects of gender and emotional eating on the relationship between social media addiction and hedonic hunger in university students.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Childhood trauma and disordered eating behaviors in youth: examining individual types, cumulative numbers, and latent patterns.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2025Article
- Social and individual factors associated with eating disorders risk among adolescents in secondary schools of Sicily (south-Italy).Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2025Article
- The mediating effects of smartphone addiction in the association between mental disorders and eating disorders: findings from a nationwide survey among Chinese youth.BMC public health · 2025Article
- A dual-focus validation of visual body image assessment tools and their link to eating disorders in Chinese young males.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Association of the "life's crucial 9" cardiovascular health with all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality: a national cohort study.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2025Article
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Abstract
This study aimed to determine whether smartphone addiction and depression sequentially mediate the relationship between body dissatisfaction and disordered eating behaviors (e.g., restrained eating, emotional eating and external eating). A total of 5986 participants (54.1% females, average age = 19.8 years, age range = 17-32) completed the Satisfaction and Dissatisfaction with Body Parts Scale, the Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire, the Smartphone Addiction Scale and the Patient Health Questionnaire-9. Mediational analysis showed that, after controlling for age, sex and body mass index, body dissatisfaction was related to disordered eating behaviors through (a) the mediating effect of smartphone addiction, (b) the mediating effect of depression, and (c) the serial mediating effect of smartphone addiction and depression. In conclusion, our study showed for the first time that smartphone addiction and depression can be sequential mediator variables in the association between body dissatisfaction and disordered eating. However, this study is a cross-sectional study; future longitudinal studies could further test the causal associations between these study variables.
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