Abstract

Introduction

INTRODUCTION TikTok is a social network (SN) that allows users to share short videos about different issues. Since the COVID-19 lockdown, there has been an increase in Pro-Ana and Pro-Mia videos in this specific SN.

Objectives

OBJECTIVES To know the main characteristics about Pro-Ana and Pro-Mia contents among TikTok users.

Methods

METHODS A search was carried out using uncontrolled language with the term “TCA” (ED in English). The study included only Pro-Ana and Pro-Mia resources in Spanish. Resources under the category “recovery” were excluded. A random sample of 16 TikTok was used, since it is enough to estimate, with a confidence of 95% and an accuracy of +/- 20 percentage units, a population percentage that is expected to be around 20%. The studied variables were images, type of resources, “challenges” and misspelled words.

Results

RESULTS In the sample, 68.75% of the profiles were created upon confinement, 56.25% had more than 500 followers and 68.75% had more than 3000 “likes”. 43.75% included more than 30% of ED advocacy content, 18.75% promoted challenges and 37.5% used misspelled words to avoid SN censorship.

Conclusions

CONCLUSIONS There has been a remarkable increase in ED-related content as a result of lockdown. In turn, the increasing number of users who are part of TikTok reveals that this is a SN that can be associated with ED advocacy.

Disclosure

No significant relationships.

Details

Title
Tiktok, a vehicle for Pro-Ana and Pro-Mia content boosted by the COVID-19 pandemic
Author
G Lladó Jordan 1 ; MDC Díaz García 1 ; P Sánchez Esteban 2 ; A Santos Martín 2 ; P Mediavilla Sánchez 1 ; M Jiménez Cubo 2 ; M Miguel Cano 2 ; JA Gómez Del Barrio 1 ; Ayesa-Arriola, R 1 

 Idival, Valdecilla Biomedical Research Institute, Santander, Spain 
 Uemc, Miguel de Cervantes European University, Valladolid, Spain 
Pages
S703-S703
Publication year
2021
Publication date
Apr 2021
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISSN
09249338
e-ISSN
17783585
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2560868659
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the European Psychiatric Association. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.