Depressed adolescents' positive and negative use of social media
a b s t r a c t
This qualitative study examined descriptions of social media use among 23 adolescents (18
female, 5 male) who were diagnosed with depression to explore how social media use may
influence and be influenced by psychological distress. Adolescents described both positive
and negative use of social media. Positive use included searching for positive content (i.e.
for entertainment, humor, content creation) or for social connection. Negative use included
sharing risky behaviors, cyberbullying, and for making self-denigrating comparisons with
others. Adolescents described three types of use in further detail including “oversharing”
(sharing updates at a high frequency or too much personal information), “stressed posting”
(sharing negative updates with a social network), and encountering “triggering posts.” In
the context of treatment, these adolescents shifted their social media use patterns from
what they perceived as negative to more positive use. Implications for clinicians counseling
depressed adolescents on social media use are discussed.
ที่มา:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140197116301713
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