- Peer Reviewed Article
Social media as a space for support: Young adults’ perspectives on producing and consuming user-generated content about diabetes and mental health
Fergie, et al. “Social Media as a Space for Support: Young Adults’ Perspectives on Producing and Consuming User-Generated Content about Diabetes and Mental Health.” Social Science & Medicine, vol. 170, 2016, pp. 46–54.
Key Terms
social media, influenced, long-term health, common mental health disorder
References
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Arnett, J.J., 2000. Emerging adulthood: a theory of development from the late teens through the twenties. Am. Psychol. 55, 469e480.
Boyd, D., 2007. Why Youth [heart] Social Network Sites: the Role of Networked Publics in Teenage Social Life, pp. 119e142. The John D. and Catherine T. Mac- Arthur Foundation Series on Digital Media and Learning.
Burgess, J., Green, J., 2009. YouTube: Online Video and Participatory Culture. Polity Press, Cambridge.
Das, R., 2011. Converging perspectives in audience studies and digital literacies: youthful interpretations of an online genre. Eur. J. Commun. 26, 343e360. Dutton, W., Blank, G., Groselj, D., 2013. Cultures of the Internet: the Internet in
Britain. Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford.
Embuldeniya, G., Veinot, P., Bell, E., Bell, M., Nyhof-Young, J., Sale, J.E., Britten, N., 2013. The experience and impact of chronic disease peer support interventions: a qualitative synthesis. Patient Educ. Couns. 92, 3e12.
Ellison, N., Heino, R., Gibbs, J., 2006. Managing impressions online: self-presentation processes in the online dating environment. J. Comp.Mediat. Commun 11, 415e441.
Quotes
“In a recent UK survey of internet users, 25% of respondents reported accessing or sharing user-generated health-related content online.”
“Almost all participants described health-related content as an inevitable feature of social media but their levels of engagement varied.”
“Many participants, including a number of ‘prosumers’, expressed concerns about being perceived as “the girl/boy who has diabetes/mental health issues” or as someone who was always “moaning on” about their illness.”
Summary
This article talks about how people produce and consume different health related content on social media. It is based on a study of a group of people with different ages and different levels of usage of social media. They see how people with mental health issues react to the different health related posts. They monitor the groups usage and content and see if it makes their mental health better or worse. They also look at the support they receive off of social media and compare the two.
Personal Response
It focuses mainly on the health – related user generated content that is more specifically affecting health conditions. Many studies and research analysis are used to back up this article’s conclusions regarding social media and different online platforms.I believe that this article can help me because it will show me how people who already suffer from mental react to different social media posts and show how it affects them. With this research I can formulate a conclusion to how social media is really affecting the population.
- Book
Psychoanalysis Online: Mental Health, Teletherapy, and Training
Savege Scharff, Jill. Psychoanalysis Online: Mental Health, Teletherapy, and Training. Routledge, 2018.
Key Terms
mental health, technology, communications, telephone, relationships, internet.
References
Anderson, G., Scharff, D., Scharff, J. & Symington, N. (2009). Panel on Telephone Analysis. International Psychoanalytical Association Congress, Chicago, August.
APsaA (2011). Psychoanalytic Professional Activities Benchmarking Study. The American Psychoanalytic Association , September.
Aronson, J. K. (2000a). The Use of the Telephone in Psychotherapy . Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson.
Aronson, J. K. (2000b). Use of the telephone as a transitional space. In: J. Aronson (Ed.), The Use of the Telephone in Psychotherapy (pp. 129– 149). Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson.
Aryan, A., Berenstein, S. P. de, Carlino, R., Grinfeld, P. & Lutenberg, J. (2009). Psicoanálisis por Teléfono. Panel on Telephone Analysis. International Psychoanalytical Association Congress, Chicago, August.
Benson, R. M., Rowntree, E. B. & Singer, M. H. (2001). Final report of ad hoc committee on training analysis via telephone. Unpublished report to the Board on Professional Standards of the American Psychoanalytic Association.
Brainsky, S. (2003). Adapting to, or idealizing technology? Insight , 12 (1): 22– 24.
Doarn, C. R. (2008). Interview: Telethinking with Jonathan Linkous. Telemedicine and e-Health , 14 (10): 1019-1023
Summary
It is an International collaboration by psychotherapists and psychoanalysts who consider the impact of virtual reality on our society and the uses of communications technology for analytic treatment and professional training. Having examined the impact of communications technology on mental health and relationships, the authors explore its use in analytical treatment conducted on the telephone and over the internet, and review its problems and possibilities. They provide a multi-faceted view of it, an ethical stance in relation to it, and evidence from which to judge its effectiveness. Looking into the future they imagine a time when technology-supported analytic treatment may be not only convenient as a supplement to in-person treatment but also preferable for some patients and therapists in various circumstances. Psychoanalysis Online: Mental Health, Teletherapy and Training invigorates the debate about technology and its responsible use in psychotherapy and psychoanalysis and in distance learning programs for mental health professionals.
Personal Response
He discusses the effect of communications technology on mental health and the relationships between people. He does his research through calling people or having people do different things over the internet. Within this book he talks about all his findings and explains what it means. It can help my essay because mental health stems from different types mental functions and with this approach to trying to figure out the best way to help someone can unintentionally explain where the problem really starts from. It can also help me see how different people act and answer questions over the phone and online and see how our communications skills due to technology have changed. It will also show me the positive effects of technology and social platforms helping people who are suffering from mental health problem.
Quotes
“Some patients comment that this is the only place in their lives where they allow themselves to be free of technology, speaking to its nearly constant presence in their lives.”
“As the present volume demonstrates, there are many therapeutic and educational benefits that arise from e-technology but there are also potential dangers.”
- News Article
College Students Flood Mental-Health Centers
Petersen, Andrea. “College Students Flood Mental-Health Centers.” Wall Street Journal, 2016, p. D.1.
Key Terms
counseling services, anxieties, college students, mental health, tuition
References
None are stated.
Quotes
“Nationwide, 17% of college students were diagnosed with or treated for anxiety problems during the past year, and 13.9% were diagnosed with or treated for depression, according to a spring 2016 survey of 95,761 students by the American College Health Association.”
“And about four years ago the center brought in Bodhi, a registered therapy dog. Periodically, the center invites students to come to the center to play with the fluffy white Havanese.”
“It is unclear why the rates of mental-health problems seem to be increasing among college students. Therapists point to everything from the economy and rising cost of tuition to the impact of social media and a so-called helicopter-parenting style that doesn’t allow adolescents to experience failure.”
Summary
The article discusses the different factors of mental health problems in college students in the society right now. They talk about the current economy, the tuition in different colleges, how social media is affecting us, and the new term of helicopter parents.
Personal Response
I believe that this article can help me in the long run because it focuses on more than just social platforms. It will give me prospective on the different factors in mental health and help me broaden my argument. It will give me some statistics that can benefit me and also show me some real-life examples of current college students and there lives.
- Peer Reviewed Article
Social media addiction: Its impact, mediation, and intervention.
Yubo Hou, et al. “Social Media Addiction: Its Impact, Mediation, and Intervention.” Cyberpsychology, vol. 13, no. 1, Mar. 2019, pp. 1–17. EBSCOhost, doi:10.5817/CP2019-1-4.
Key Terms
social media addiction, mental health, self-esteem, academic performance, intervention
References
Al-Menayes, J. J. (2014). The relationship between mobile social media use and academic performance in university students. New Media and Mass Communication, 25, 23–29.
Al-Menayes, J. J. (2015). Social media use, engagement and addiction as predictors of academic performance. International Journal of Psychological Studies, 7, 86-94. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ijps.v7n4p86
Alabi, O. F. (2012). A survey of Facebook addiction level among selected Nigerian University undergraduates. New Media and Mass Communication, 10, 70–80.
Andreassen, C. S. (2015). Online social network site addiction: A comprehensive review. Current Addiction Reports, 2, 175–184. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40429-015-0056-9
Andreassen, C. S., & Pallesen, S. (2014). Social network site addiction-an overview. Current Pharmaceutical Design, 20, 4053–4061. https://doi.org/10.2174/13816128113199990616
Andreassen, C. S., Pallesen, S., & Griffiths, M. D. (2017). The relationship between addictive use of social media, narcissism, and self-esteem: Findings from a large national survey. Addictive Behaviors, 64, 287–293. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2016.03.006
Summary
The article discusses how social media addiction affects college student’s mental health and work in school. They also check to see how the data changes in the students are using social media less then usual. In the first study they use a sample of college students found that social media addiction was negatively associated with the students’ mental health and academic performance. In the second study they had a small sample of college students who went under a social media intervention. In the end it showed that the intervention was effective in reducing the students’ social media addiction and improving their mental health and academic efficiency.
Personal Response
I believe that this article can help me because it examines two different studies at once. It will show me how people who are using social media less often are not only doing better in school academically, but are also mentally healthier. It will also prove my claim that social media is affecting our minds and performance. It will show me the true research and the real data that they collected from college students who are afflicted with the same problems.
Quotes
“Study 1 showed that the addictive use of social media was common among college students and that it was negatively associated with mental health and academic performance.”
“The present studies provided strong support for the relation of social media addiction to academic outcomes by using a variety of measures.”
“Study 1 showed that a self-rank measure of academic performance was negatively associated with social media addiction. This relation was not mediated by self-esteem. Study 2 further showed that an intervention to reduce social media addiction improved learning engagement and increased the time spent on learning outside the class.”