Why people join pro-Ana online communities? A psychological textual analysis of eating disorder blog posts

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Highlights:

• Quantitative analysis of text of online posts in eating disorders community.

• Pro-Ana group is more represented by the cluster of social “sharing” than other eating disorder groups.

• Pro-Ana people tend to be more rigid on their beliefs and to deny negative aspects of the disorder.

• Pro-Ana group showed a greater social adherence in terms of “likes” per “views” to their posts compared to the other groups.

摘要

•Quantitative analysis of text of online posts in eating disorders community.•Pro-Ana group is more represented by the cluster of social “sharing” than other eating disorder groups.•Pro-Ana people tend to be more rigid on their beliefs and to deny negative aspects of the disorder.•Pro-Ana group showed a greater social adherence in terms of “likes” per “views” to their posts compared to the other groups.

论文关键词:Online communities,Anorexia nervosa,Pro-anorexia,Textual analysis,Bulimia,Binge eating disorder

论文评审过程:Received 6 February 2021, Revised 10 June 2021, Accepted 11 June 2021, Available online 16 June 2021, Version of Record 17 June 2021.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2021.106922