MON-P148: Prevalence of Orthorexia Nervosa of University Students Attending in Social Sciences

Background: The objectives of the study were to explore the knowledge and attitudes of Pakistani university students toward mental illnesses. People with mental illnesses are challenged not only by their symptoms but also by the prejudices associated with their illness. Acknowledging the stigma of mental illness should be the first essential step toward devising an appropriate treatment plan. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted at the University of Punjab, Lahore, CMH Lahore Medical and Dental College, Lahore, and University of Sargodha, Sub-campus Lahore, from February to May, 2014. The self-administered questionnaire consisted of three sections: demographics, general knowledge of psychiatric illnesses, and a modified form of the Community Attitudes towards Mental Illnesses (CAMI) Scale. The questionnaire was distributed to 650 participants enrolled in different disciplines (Social Sciences, Medicine and Formal Sciences). Results: Response rate was 81% (527/650 respondents). Mean age was 20.98 years. Most of the students (331, 62.8%) had an urban background and studied Social Sciences (238, 45.2%). 418 (79.3%) considered religion very important and most respondents considered psychiatrists (334, 63.4%) and spiritual leaders (72, 13.7%) to be best able to treat mental illnesses. 169 (32.1%) considered black magic to be a cause of mental illness. Only 215 (41%) had ever read an article on mental illnesses. Multiple regression analysis revealed study discipline, exposure, perceived causes of mental illnesses and superstitions to be significantly associated with attitudes towards mental illnesses (p < .05). Conclusion: Although low awareness and exposure were found in this sample of Pakistani university students, their attitude towards mental illnesses was generally positive. Most respondents gave supernatural explanations for mental illnesses but only a few believed that spiritual leaders can play a role in treatment.

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Influence of Facebook on Educational, Political and Cultural life of Students: A Case Study of University of Swat

Global Mass Communication Review ◽

10.31703/gmcr.2020(v-i).07 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol V (I) ◽

pp. 83-101

Author(s):

Spogmai ◽

Sajjad Ali

Keyword(s):

Social Sciences ◽

University Students ◽

Political Information ◽

Quantitative Methodology ◽

Cultural Information ◽

Cultural Life ◽

Survey Technique ◽

The University ◽

Educational Information

This study was conducted to analyze the influence and exposure of university students on Facebook. The researcher conducted to examine the educational, political, cultural and fashion influence of Facebook on university students. A quantitative methodology was used by the researcher, and survey technique was used for the collection of data. A questionnaire was designed to contained close-ended questions to collect data randomly from the students of the University of Swat. The data was analyzed through the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS, version.19) to ensure impartiality in the results of the study. The results revealed that most of the students are using Facebook. The study also disclosed that students in the university of Swat are using Facebook for educational purposes. The researcher found that Most of the students also use Facebook for fashion and cultural information. The study proved that most of the students using Facebook for online educational information as compare to political information. It is also found that Students exposed to fashion information than cultural information through Facebook.

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Factors That Influence Social Sciences University Students’ Ability in Learning English to Face International Competiveness In 4.0 Era

Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Languages and Arts (ICLA-2019) ◽

10.2991/assehr.k.200819.041 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Meladina ◽

Hendra Putra

Keyword(s):

Social Sciences ◽

University Students ◽

Learning English

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Determining Orthorexia Nervosa Tendency among the Students of Health Sciences Faculty: The Case of Artvin Coruh University

Archives of Current Research International ◽

10.9734/acri/2019/v17i230105 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 1-7

Author(s):

Eda Dokumacioglu ◽

Kudret Badem ◽

Uçar Kucuk

Keyword(s):

Eating Disorders ◽

University Students ◽

General Term ◽

Eating Attitudes ◽

Normal Weight ◽

Orthorexia Nervosa ◽

Male Students ◽

Survey Form ◽

Healthy Nutrition ◽

Research Population

Eating disorders is a general term used for grouping all the problems related to eating attitudes under one title and for expressing these problems. Orthorexia nervosa (ON), also known as “obsession of healthy eating” recently happened to be the research topic of clinicians worldwide. This study was conducted to evaluate the association between eating attitudes and orthorexia nervosa in university students. The research population was comprised of 379 university students in the departments of nutrition and dietetics and nursing. The data was collected by the survey form questioning some of the socio-demographic and anthropometric properties of the students; and as for the data collection tool, ON tendency was determined by ORTHO-11 test and the information regarding anorexia and buliminia nervosa was gathered by “Eating Manner Test (EAT-40). Mean age of the students was found as 20.09±1.47 years, mean body weight as 60.55±10.01 kg, and mean height as 168.08±7.91 cm. Mean BMI of the all participating students is found as 21.6±2.12 as normal weight (18.5-24.9). EAT-40 points of the female were found to be significantly higher in comparison to that of the male (p<0.05). ORTHO-11 points of the male students were found to be significantly higher as compared to that of female students (p<0.05). Eating disorders will tend to increase as long as the concepts of beauty, good look and appeal are based on low body mass index. We also believe that the youg population who are most influenced by such popular trends need to acquire truly healthy nutrition habits through training and increase their quality of life.

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