The role of online social networking on deliberate self-harm and suicidality in adolescents: A systematized review of literature

Memon, Aksha; Sharma, Shiva; Mohite, Satyajit; Jain, Shailesh

doi:10.4103/psychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_414_17

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“…Further, existing research found that self‐harming and suicidal youth used social media to seek out support from and communicate with others. Unfortunately, this was found to exacerbate psychological distress when users were encouraged to practice self‐harm or copied others who did so (Memon et al, 2018). While adolescents girls attempt suicide at higher rates, adolescent boys die by suicide more often.…”

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Differences in Social Media Monitoring Practices Based on Child and Parent Gender

Wallace

2021

Family Relations

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This study investigated two research questions. First, how do parents monitor and regulate adolescent use of social media? Second, how do parental monitoring practices vary by adolescent and parent gender? Background: Smart phones and Internet access are nearly universal among U.S. adolescents, yet most past research on online parental monitoring examined Internet use generally without a focus on social media. Method: Data were obtained in 2019 with a web survey with items addressing parent and adolescent use of social media, parental monitoring of social media use, and parents' perceptions of the impact of social media on adolescents. Respondents were a state-representative sample of 389 Pennsylvania parents with an adolescent aged 12 to 17 years in their household. Results: Mothers more frequently talked with their adolescent children about social media than fathers, and mothers were more likely to report consequences for breaking household rules about social media use. Mothers used more intrusive monitoring strategies than fathers. Parents were more likely to ask daughters about social media use than sons. Parents monitored social media use of opposite gender adolescents less frequently. Conclusions: Results suggest strong differences in social media monitoring by parent and

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Differences in Social Media Monitoring Practices Based on Child and Parent Gender

Wallace

2021

Family Relations

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“…Social marketing may have negative influence on mental health and behaviors among young adults, for instance, alcohol brand promotion advertisements on social media platforms [37,38]. Alcohol brands are strongly presented over the social media channels, including Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter these days and expose young adults to underage drinking [38,39]. Unrestricted advertisements are responsible for the mass persuasion and viewers (especially young adults) perceive such behaviors as normative and desirable and are at greater risk of adopting maladaptive behaviors.…”

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“…Unrestricted advertisements are responsible for the mass persuasion and viewers (especially young adults) perceive such behaviors as normative and desirable and are at greater risk of adopting maladaptive behaviors. Another emerging issue, which has a strong association with mental health, substance abuse, and suicidality is sexting and digital abuse [38][39][40][41]. Sexting is sharing the sexually explicit messages through messages, emails, and/or internet, and this acts as a moderator of age-inappropriate sexual behavior [40,41].…”

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“Deaths of Despair” among College Students Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic: A Call for Action

Batra¹,

Batra²

2023

Psychosocial, Educational, and Economic Impacts of COVID-19

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As COVID-19 pandemic gains foothold worldwide, all spheres of life, including daily activities, education, economic, social sectors experienced significant downturns. While COVID-19 affects all population subgroups, college students are particularly vulnerable given their transition to the emerging adulthood surrounded by a broad possibility of future. According to a mounting evidence, college students bear a disproportionate burden of psychosocial morbidities, which can be explained by the uncertainties surrounding the course of the pandemic and the sudden transition to online education. Moreover, many businesses scaled down their recruitment efforts leaving limited employment for students and more competition in the graduate labor market. COVID-19 pandemic has set up a “perfect storm” for students to initiate or relapse of maladaptive behaviors to alleviate their negative feelings. This is where “Deaths of Despair” comes into play. This chapter aims to reflect on the factors contributing to “Deaths of Despair” among college students in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic. Author of this chapter would like to advocate for developing tailored interventions to promote the post-traumatic growth among college students.

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“…Past research has examined the appeal of online social networking for adolescents (Subrahmanyam & Greenfield, 2008; Valkenburg & Peter, 2011), as well as the role it plays in peer victimization (Khurana et al, 2015; Maas et al, 2019; Resnik & Bellmore, 2019; Wisniewski, 2018), emotional, psychological and subjective well‐being (Colì et al, 2019; Erreygers et al, 2019; Hsu et al, 2020; Khodarahimi & Fathi, 2017; H. H. Kim, 2017; Zhou & Zhang, 2019), depression (J. B. Li et al, 2018; Memon et al, 2018), and potential intervention strategies (Baldofski et al, 2019; Kaess et al, 2019). Yet little is known about online social networking behaviors in adolescents at high risk for SITB.…”

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“…B. Li et al, 2018;Memon et al, 2018), and potential intervention strategies (Baldofski et al, 2019;Kaess et al, 2019). Yet little is known about online social networking behaviors in adolescents at high risk for SITB.…”

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Days with and without self‐injurious thoughts and behaviors: Impact of childhood maltreatment on adolescent online social networking

Grocott

Mair

Galione

et al. 2022

Journal of Adolescence

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Introduction Among adolescents, an increasing rate of interpersonal interactions occurs online. Previous research has shown that interpersonal context exerts a robust impact on suicidal thoughts or behaviors, yet little attention has focused on examining the content of online interactions surrounding self‐injurious thoughts or behaviors. As such, the present study sought to compare online social networking behaviors among adolescents on days with and without experiencing self‐injurious thoughts or behaviors, as influenced by childhood maltreatment history. Method Adolescents aged 13–18 hospitalized for self‐injurious thoughts or behaviors were recruited as part of an ongoing longitudinal study. A subsample (N = 22) of adolescents provided data from their online social networking platforms (i.e., text messages, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter). Using a mixed‐methods approach, online social networking data on days of experiencing self‐injurious thoughts or behaviors and days of not experiencing self‐injurious thoughts or behaviors were compared. Results Results indicate the frequency and content of online social networking messaging do not change by day of self‐injurious thoughts or behaviors or history of childhood maltreatment. However, childhood maltreatment predicts received conflictual messages as well as sent symptomatic messages on days of experiencing self‐injurious thoughts or behaviors. Conclusions Childhood maltreatment may play a role in the content of adolescent online behaviors, particularly on days when they experience self‐injurious thoughts or behaviors. Implications for intervention are discussed.

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The role of online social networking on deliberate self-harm and suicidality in adolescents: A systematized review of literature

Cited by 137 publications

References 60 publications

Differences in Social Media Monitoring Practices Based on Child and Parent Gender

Differences in Social Media Monitoring Practices Based on Child and Parent Gender

“Deaths of Despair” among College Students Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic: A Call for Action

Days with and without self‐injurious thoughts and behaviors: Impact of childhood maltreatment on adolescent online social networking

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