Online media exposure and weight and fitness management app use correlate with disordered eating symptoms: evidence from the mainland of China

Table 3 The Spearman’s correlation coefficients between online media exposure, weight and fitness management app use, and disordered eating symptoms

	Daily internet use	Media info receive	Look for media info	Media info proportion	App use	Diet app recommend	Exercise app recommend
EDE-Q global
Male	0.14	0.29*	0.29*	0.23	0.12	0.25	0.30*
Female	0.07	0.41***	0.45***	0.42***	0.49***	0.47***	0.43***
EDE-Q dietary restraint
Male	0.06	0.28*	0.30*	0.27	0.18	0.25	0.30*
Female	− 0.01	0.38***	0.39***	0.43***	0.48***	0.45***	0.33***
EDE-Q eating concern
Male	0.13	0.35**	0.32**	0.31*	0.19	0.26	0.23
Female	0.05	0.34***	0.40***	0.35***	0.37***	0.35***	0.38***
EDE-Q weight concern
Male	0.11	0.19	0.19	0.15	0.15	0.24	0.27
Female	0.08	0.38***	0.42***	0.39***	0.46***	0.45***	0.41***
EDE-Q shape concern
Male ara>	0.22	0.22	0.22	0.12	0.08	0.20	0.26
Female	0.11	0.37***	0.39***	0.35***	0.41***	0.41***	0.39***
Dietary restriction
Male	0.08	0.26	0.21	0.30*	0.25	0.25	0.29*
Female	0.03	0.21**	0.26***	0.28***	0.30***	0.34***	0.24***
Objective binge
Male	0.20	0.21	0.25	0.28*	0.18	0.21	0.2
Female	0.03	0.26***	0.24***	0.22**	0.23***	0.25***	0.22**
Self-induced vomiting
Male	− 0.07	0.03	0.01	0.21	0.05	0.07	0.02
Female	0.02	0.08	0.13	0.12	0.11	0.05	0.02
Laxative misuse
Male	− 0.05	0.09	0.06	0.18	0.16	0.14	0.09
Female	0.05	0.13	0.13	0.13	0.13	0.07	0.01
Excessive exercise
Male	0.07	0.33**	0.25	0.29*	0.22	0.19	0.20
Female	− 0.03	0.29***	0.28***	0.29***	0.35***	0.29***	0.35***

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