Povezanost zadovoljstva izgledom, obiteljskih odnosa i korištenja društvenih mreža kao rizičnih faktora u razvoju poremećaja u prehrani

master's thesis

• Title (english): Association of appearance satisfaction, family relationships and the use of social media as risk factors in the development of eating disorders.
• Author: Eleonora Buršić
• Mentor: Dario Pavić (mentor)
• Committee member: Irena Cajner Mraović (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Andreja Sršen (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Dario Pavić (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Croatian Studies; (Department of Sociology); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2023-09-18, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology

Abstract

Cilj ovog istraživanja jest utvrditi postoji li povezanost između zadovoljstva
izgledom, obiteljskih odnosa, korištenja društvenih mreža i poremećaja u prehrani. Anketa je
provedena u online obliku na uzorku od 400 studenata Sveučilišta u Zagrebu akademske godine
2022./2023. Višestrukom regresijskom analizom pronađena je povezanost između obiteljskih
odnosa i pojave simptoma poremećaja u prehrani. Točnije, rezultati pokazuju kako su simptomi
poremećaja u prehrani prisutniji u obiteljskim odnosima u kojima postoje velike razine
kontrole, negativnog komentiranja izgleda i kritiziranja. S druge strane, što je viša razina
zajedničkih osjećaja kao što su ljubav, sigurnost, podrška i pripadnost među članovima obitelji,
to su manje prisutniji simptomi poremećaja prehrane. Dobiveni rezultati sugeriraju kako ne
postoje razlike u pojavi simptoma poremećaja u prehrani s obzirom na sociodemografska
obilježja ispitanika, kao ni povezanost između korištenja društvenih mreža, zadovoljstva
izgledom i poremećaja u prehrani, ali je nezadovoljstvo izgledom značajno povezano sa
spolom. Zastrašujući porast stopa oboljelih od poremećaja u prehrani nisu rezultat puke
slučajnosti, već govore u prilog tomu kako obiteljski i kulturološki čimbenici, poput
komodifikacije i estetizacije tijela te strahu od debljanja kod osoba s određenim genetičkim i
psihološkim predispozicijama mogu stvoriti plodonosno tlo za razvoj poremećaja u prehrani.

Abstract (english)

The aim of this study is to determine whether there is an association between
appearance satisfaction, family relationships, social media use and eating disorders. The survey
was conducted in online form on a sample of 400 students of the University of Zagreb in the
academic year 2022/2023. Association between family relationships and symptom occurence
of eating disorders has been found using Multiple regression analysis. More specifically, the
results show that the symptoms of eating disorders are more prevalent in family relationships
where there are high levels of control, negative commenting on appearance and criticizing. On
the other hand, the higher the level of shared feelings such as love, security, support and
belonging between family members, the less prevalent are the symptoms of eating disorders.
The obtained results suggest that there are no differences in symptom occurence of eating
disorders with regard to the sociodemographic characteristics of the subjects and no association
between the use of social media, appearance satisfaction and eating disorders, whereas
appearance dissatisfaction is significantly associated with gender. The frightening rise in rates
of eating disorders is not the result of mere coincidence, they speak in favor of how family and
cultural factors, such as commodification and aestheticization of the body and fear of gaining
weight in people with certain genetic and psychological predispositions can create a fruitful
ground for the development of eating disorders.

• Keywords: poremećaji u prehrani; društvene mreže; obiteljski odnosi; nezadovoljstvo izgledom
• Keywords (english): eating disorders; social media; family relationships; appearance dissatisfaction
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:111:248804
• Study programme: Title: Department of Sociology; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra sociologije (magistar/magistra sociologije)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2023-09-20 13:43:33