Dating app usage and motivations for dating app usage are associated with increased disordered eating

Table 4 Effects of trait, demographic, emotion dysregulation, and dating app variables on disordered eating, for the whole sample (Model 1) and dating app users only (Model 3)

	Model 1
	β	t	p	Β	t	p
Step 1
Female gender	0.19	5.13	<0.001	0.19	3.40	0.001
BMI	0.17	4.48	<0.001	0.15	2.62	0.009
History of an eating disorder	0.21	5.49	<0.001	0.21	3.75	<0.001
Step 2
Appearance-based rejection sensitivity	0.32	7.80	<0.001	0.36	6.15	<0.001
Social rank	− 0.05	− 1.41	0.159	− 0.01	− 0.13	0.895
Fear of negative evaluation	0.05	1.20	0.231	0.06	0.94	0.349
Emotion dysregulation	0.15	4.01	<0.001	0.21	3.85	<0.001
Step 3
Dating app user	0.07	2.15	0.032
Using apps for love				− 0.12	− 2.42	0.016
Using apps for casual sex				0.07	1.43	0.155
Using apps for ease of communication				0.12	2.59	0.010
Using apps for self-worth validation				0.13	2.50	0.013
Using apps for thrill of excitement				− 0.10	− 2.11	0.036
Using apps for trendiness				− 0.05	− 1.03	0.306

Model 1: Step 1 F(3, 651) = 28.31, p < .001, R² = .12; Step 2 F(7, 651) = 42.02, p < .001, R² = .31; Step 3 F(8, 651) = 37.55, p < .001, R² = .32. Model 3 Step 1 F(3, 288) = 13.49, p < .001, R² = .12; Step 2 F(7, 288) = 24.00, p < .001, R² = .37. Step 3 F(13, 275) = 15.28, p < .001, R² = .42
Significant p values were bolded

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