Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Turkish Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, cilt.28, sa.1, 2025 (ESCI)
INTRODUCTION: The aim of the study is to investigate how social media addiction affects orthorexia nervosa through obsessive compulsive symptoms. The mediator role of obsessive compulsive symptoms in the relationship between social media addiction and orthorexia nervosa was examined.
METHODS: Participants consisted of 268 female and 53 male undergraduate students, totalling 321. The age of participants ranged between 18 and 30, and mean age is 21.78±2.29. Personal information form, social media addiction scale, Padua inventory and Ortho-11 were administered to the participants. Descriptive statistics, reliability analysis, and correlation analysis conducted in SPSS 24 and mediation analysis was performed by Process plug-in with model 4.
RESULTS: Results of the study revealed that there is a significant positive relationship between orthorexia nervosa tendency and obsessive-compulsive symptoms. Also, there is a positive correlation between social media addiction and obsessive-compulsive symptoms. The findings of mediation analysis showed that social media addiction increases an individual's orthorexia nervosa tendency through obsessive compulsive symptoms. The findings indicate that obsessive-compulsive symptoms significantly mediate the relationship between social media addiction and orthorexia nervosa.
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: This study suggests that social media addiction indirectly influences orthorexic tendencies through the development of obsessive-compulsive symptoms, highlighting the importance of addressing both social media use and obsessive-compulsive symptoms in interventions.