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- Title
Maximizing the positive and minimizing the negative: Social media data to study youth mental health with informed consent.
- Authors
Leightley, Daniel; Bye, Amanda; Carter, Ben; Trevillion, Kylee; Branthonne-Foster, Stella; Liakata, Maria; Wood, Anthony; Ougrin, Dennis; Orben, Amy; Ford, Tamsin; Dutta, Rina
- Abstract
Social media usage impacts upon the mental health and wellbeing of young people, yet there is not enough evidence to determine who is affected, how and to what extent. While it has widened and strengthened communication networks for many, the dangers posed to at-risk youth are serious. Social media data offers unique insights into the minute details of a user's online life. Timely consented access to data could offer many opportunities to transform understanding of its effects on mental wellbeing in different contexts. However, limited data access by researchers is preventing such advances from being made. Our multidisciplinary authorship includes a lived experience adviser, academic and practicing psychiatrists, and academic psychology, as well as computational, statistical, and qualitative researchers. In this Perspective article, we propose a framework to support secure and confidential access to socialmedia platformdata for research tomake progress toward better public mental health.
- Subjects
YOUTH health; SOCIAL media; MENTAL health; YOUNG adults; MEDIA studies
- Publication
Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2023, Vol 13, p1
- ISSN
1664-0640
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1096253