“Blue Whale”: blog posts about the suicide game

Vedana, Kelly Graziani Giacchero; Silva, Andreza Fonseca; Pereira, Camila Corrêa Matias; Silva, Gisele Lobo

doi:10.17267/2317-3378rec.v7i1.1736

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“…On Twitter, content on platform-aware use, content reporting tools, and redirection to support services are available, although there is no control over posts. Exposure to NSSI methods, encouragement or enhancement of suicidal behavior may favor the contagion effect among vulnerable people (Vedana, Silva, et al, 2018). Therefore, it is important to understand the characteristics and contents of posts on NSSI and suicidal behavior, as well as the involvement and interest that they created to strengthen research in the mental health area, as well as to subsidize prevention and care actions Vedana, Pereira, Di Donato, & Vanzela, 2018).…”

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Analysis of nonsuicidal self-injury posts on Twitter: A quantitative and qualitative research

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Retrospective study, of mixed approach, with quantitative and qualitative approaches, with the objective of analyzing posts about non-suicidal self-harm on Twitter. The posts were collected through screen capture, transcribed and encoded. Quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, association tests and multiple logistic regression, with a significance level of 5%. Qualitative data were analyzed using thematic analysis by Braun and Clarke. In the results, female profile tweets and potentially harmful content prevailed. The expression of the suicidal behavior of the author of the post was associated with the encouragement of non-suicidal self-harm and increased chances of sharing and commenting on the posts. Reply posts were more likely to receive likes and comments. Posts encouraging non-suicidal self-harm describe social manifestations of behavior and exposure to non-suicidal self-harm through mass communication. The results bring important discussions about the potential impact of posts on non-suicidal self-harm and reflection on the discussion of behavior in the digital social context. It is important that mental health actions include tracking risk behaviors on the internet, supporting people in situations of vulnerability, redirecting to support services, as well as strategic actions to promote the conscious and healthy use of social networks.

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Analysis of nonsuicidal self-injury posts on Twitter: A quantitative and qualitative research

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“…As ações de prevenção do comportamento suicida on-line e off-line precisam considerar os vulneráveis e abordar a perspectiva sobre a vida e a morte, os relacionamentos interpessoais, a autolesão não suicida, as estratégias de enfrentamento e pedido/oferta de ajuda (VEDANA et al, 2018a). O interesse entre a relação da mídia e o comportamento suicida precisa ser trabalhado com cautela, seguido por estratégias de prevenção por profissionais (VEDANA et al, 2018a).…”

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A comunicação nos ambientes virtuais e o comportamento suicida

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Suicidal behavior is multidetermined and needs to be investigated in different contexts and environments, including virtual spaces. Research on communication related to mental health on social media is needed. This study was divided into three stages. The first stage aimed to analyze the characteristics and themes of suicide-related posts published on Twitter from places with the lowest and highest suicide death rates in the State of São Paulo -Brazil. In the first stage, a mixed study was conducted with 804 Twitter posts from 2006 to 2018. Associations between post characteristics and prosuicidal postings were submitted for thematic analysis. Cities with lower suicide death rates reported more on the topic, however, most publications in these locations did not expose potentially harmful content and did not express suicidal behavior and suffering. Therefore, suicide posts in one location are not necessarily linked to higher suicide mortality. The second stage of the thesis aimed to investigate the scientific evidence for the recommendations and best practices regarding safe communication about suicidal behavior online. A systematic literature review was carried out and the recommendations were: encouraging the search for help, self-care, describing and monitoring warning signs, understanding suicide as complex and with multiple causes, offering hope, observing online activities, avoiding pejorative connotations, speculating, and describing methods. In the third stage of the thesis, the barriers and facilitators of safe communication about suicide were analyzed. The survey was carried out from October 2018 to February 2019, with 338 individuals. The data was collected by Google Forms and submitted for Thematic Analysis. The identified facilitators were: incentive to seek professional help, the propensity to offer help, and the belief in the possibility of overcoming. The barriers were related to stigma, accountability, refusal of help, difficulty in offering help, and concern with unpreparedness when dealing with the topic. Among the ambivalent possibilities, issues related to religiousness and also to counseling / previous experience arose. The findings of this study can contribute to the improvement of safe communication about suicidal behavior, especially in virtual environments.

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“Blue Whale”: blog posts about the suicide game

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Analysis of nonsuicidal self-injury posts on Twitter: A quantitative and qualitative research

Analysis of nonsuicidal self-injury posts on Twitter: A quantitative and qualitative research

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