Relationship between eating disorders and internet and smartphone addiction in college students
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Relationship between eating disorders and internet and smartphone addiction in college students Fatma Tayhan Kartal1 · Nurcan Yabancı Ayhan2 Received: 20 July 2020 / Accepted: 21 September 2020 © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Purpose This study was planned and conducted to determine the relation between eating behavior disorder and smartphones and the internet in college students. Methods This research was performed on a total of 437 college students, including 116 males and 321 females. A questionnaire questioning the general characteristics (age, sex, department, socioeconomic status, skipping meal, number of main meals and snacks in a day, sleeping duration, doing physical activity, height, and body weight) of students was used. In addition, Eating Attitude Test-40 (EAT-40), Young’s Internet Addiction Scale, and Smartphone Addiction Scale were used to measure eating behavior disorders, internet addiction, and smartphone addiction, respectively. Height and body weight were measured in accordance with the method. Results 12.6% of the students participating in the study were at risk for eating disorders. Female students had higher EAT40 scores than male students. 13% of students had potential internet addiction. According to Pearson chi-square test, the prevalence of potential internet addiction (36.4%) in students with eating disorder was higher than those without eating disorder (9.7%) (p
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