title: Ask and you shall receive: desire and receipt of feedback via Facebook predicts disordered eating concerns.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The current study examined whether certain types of Facebook content (i.e., status updates, comments) relate to eating concerns and attitudes.
  
  
  METHODS
  We examined the effects of seeking and receiving negative feedback via Facebook on disordered eating concerns in a sample of 185 undergraduate students followed for approximately 4 weeks.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Results indicated that individuals with a negative feedback seeking style who received a high number of comments on Facebook were more likely to report disordered eating attitudes four weeks later. Additionally, individuals who received extremely negative comments in response to their personally revealing status updates were more likely to report disordered eating concerns four weeks later.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results of the current study provide preliminary evidence that seeking and receiving negative feedback via social networking sites can increase risk for disordered eating attitudes, and suggest that reducing maladaptive social networking usage may be an important target for prevention and intervention efforts aimed at reducing disordered eating attitudes.
authors: Department of Psychology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.
authors: Alexandra C
authors: AC
authors: Hummel
authors: April R
authors: AR
authors: Smith
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001828:Body Image; D004032:Diet; D030141:Feedback, Psychological; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012650:Self Disclosure; D061108:Social Media; D060756:Social Networking
keywords: Facebook; disordered eating; eating disorders; social networking