"If I Was to Post Something, It Would Be Too Vulnerable:" University Students and Mental Health Disclosures on Instagram

Autor/inn/en	Budenz, Alexandra; Klassen, Ann; Purtle, Jonathan; Yom-Tov, Elad; Yudell, Michael; Massey, Philip
Titel	"If I Was to Post Something, It Would Be Too Vulnerable:" University Students and Mental Health Disclosures on Instagram
Quelle	In: Journal of American College Health, 70 (2022) 2, S.615-624 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Budenz, Alexandra)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0744-8481
DOI	10.1080/07448481.2020.1759608
Schlagwörter	Social Media; Mental Health; Help Seeking; Social Bias; Negative Attitudes; Barriers; School Health Services; Student Experience; Self Disclosure (Individuals); Undergraduate Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziale Medien; Psychohygiene; Help-seeking behavior; Help-seeking behaviour; Hilfe suchendes Verhalten; Negative Fixierung; Schuleingangsuntersuchung; Studienerfahrung
Abstract	Objective: Assess Instagram use for mental health disclosure in university students to assess the potential for Instagram use as mental health support-seeking. Participants: Twenty-one students using mental health services while attending a private, Mid-Atlantic university between 6/2017-12/2017. Methods: Collected qualitative interview and Instagram data and analyzed them in parallel. Instagram data supplemented interview themes and were coded and analyzed quantitatively to define features of participants' Instagram use. Results: Participants displayed aversions to posting mental health disclosures on Instagram, citing public and self-stigma as barriers to disclosure. Despite this, participants reported instances in which their Instagram posts directly or indirectly reflected their lived experiences. Some also maintained second anonymous accounts for fuller disclosure. Conclusions: Given the benefits of mental health disclosures to well-being and the predilection for social media use in university students, student and university-led initiatives to promote social media environments conducive to disclosures could have widespread mental health benefits. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01