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A Social Network Analysis of Drunkorexia in A Sorority

Miljkovic, Kristina
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7856-9761
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami164995183977313

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2022, Master of Science, Miami University, Kinesiology, Nutrition, and Health.
Drunkorexia is disordered eating behaviors during an alcohol consumption event, or disordered eating behaviors occurring to compensate for excessive alcohol use. Women in Greek life are at risk for participating in drunkorexia behaviors. They are also more likely to be influenced by their social network, such as their sorority. Using social network analysis as a statistical tool allows for drunkorexia in a network to be examined quantitatively. The present study assessed whether drunkorexia behaviors could be identified within a sorority’s drinking buddy network and how those behaviors may impact the overall network and subgroups within the network. It was hypothesized that members with high levels of centrality in the network would report more alcohol consumption and drunkorexia behaviors. The second hypothesis was that there would be cliques in the drinking buddy network and membership in these cliques would correspond to varying levels of drunkorexia. The findings showed that members who were more central in the network tended to drink more and also participate in compensatory drunkorexia behaviors. No cliques were found in the present study. The future implications for these results contribute to the field, because more efficient drunkorexia interventions may be created and placed strategically within networks.
Rose Marie Ward (Committee Chair)
Paul Branscum (Committee Member)
Aaron Luebbe (Committee Member)
40 p.
Public Health
drunkorexia; alcohol consumption; sorority; social network analysis

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  • Miljkovic, K. (2022). A Social Network Analysis of Drunkorexia in A Sorority [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami164995183977313

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Miljkovic, Kristina. A Social Network Analysis of Drunkorexia in A Sorority. 2022. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami164995183977313.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Miljkovic, Kristina. "A Social Network Analysis of Drunkorexia in A Sorority." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2022. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami164995183977313

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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