The anorexia and bulimia on the web: Ana and Mia two “bad company” for youth today

Authors

  • Belén G. Bermejo Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
  • Luis Ángel Saúl Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
  • Cristina Jenaro Universidad de Salamanca

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5944/ap.8.1.197

Keywords:

Eating disorders, pro-anorexia, pro-bulimia, internet, web, forums

Abstract

Eating disorders have been uploaded to internet in a large range of websites, blogs, forums and personal testimonies. Since its beginning, as well as information pages and offers of treatments, has been appearing a stream in support of such disorders, that have made this disease a «lifestyle« and that have shared with everyone, what they called his philosophy, defending a «misunderstood freedom of expression.» This article analyzes the content and potential impact of the proliferation of these websites and forums on the web taking into account the complexity of these forums pro eating disorders and analysing their double effect on those who attend.

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Author Biographies

Belén G. Bermejo, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia

Departamento de Psicología Evolutiva y de la Educación

Luis Ángel Saúl, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia

Departamento de Personalidad, Evaluación y Tratamiento Psicológico

Cristina Jenaro, Universidad de Salamanca

Departamento de Psicología Evolutiva y de la Educación

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How to Cite

G. Bermejo, B., Saúl, L. Ángel, & Jenaro, C. (2011). The anorexia and bulimia on the web: Ana and Mia two “bad company” for youth today. Acción Psicológica, 8(1), 71–84. https://doi.org/10.5944/ap.8.1.197

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 1 (2011): Eating Behavior Disorders: Anorexia and Bulimia

Section

Artículos del monográfico [Monograph´s articles]

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