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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the participants in the samples

From: The Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale: its psychometric properties and invariance among women with eating disorders

Participants’ characteristics

N = 123

No (%)

Age in years

 20 years and less

42 (34.1)

 Above 20 years

81 (65.9)

Subtypes of eating disorders

 Anorexia nervosa

59 (48.0%)

 Bulimia nervosa

35 (28.5%)

 Binge eating disorders

11 (8.9%)

 Eating disorders not otherwise specified

18 (14.6%)

Marital statusâ—†

 Single

100 (81.3)

 Married

22 (17.9)

Education

 School education

83 (67.5)

 University

40 (32.5)

 BMI mean (SD)

22.2 (8.4)

Facebook addiction

 Normal use (BFAS < 12)

67 (54.5)

 Problematic use (BFAS = 12–18)

22 (17.9)

 Facebook addition (BFAS > 18)

34 (27.6)

Internet addiction

 Normal use (S-IAT < 12)

96 (87.0)

 Problematic use (S-IAT = 12–18)

11 (9.0)

 Facebook addition (S-IAT > 18)

16 (13.0)

  1. â—†: one observation is missing, BMI body mass index, SD standard deviation, BFAS Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale, S-IAT Six-item Internet Addiction Scale