ArticleFrontiers in psychology2021
Support-Seeking Strategies and Social Support Provided in Chinese Online Health Communities Related to COVID-19.
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- A multidimensional comparative study of help-seeking messages on Weibo under different stages of COVID-19 pandemic in China.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Information interaction and social support: exploring help-seeking in online communities during public health emergencies.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Factors Affecting Users' Continuous Usage in Online Health Communities: An Integrated Framework of SCT and TPB.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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- Online health community for change: Analysis of self-disclosure and social networks of users with depression.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Influencing factors of anxiety and depression of discharged COVID-19 patients in Wuhan, China.PloS one · 2022Article
- Supportive communication patterns among informal caregivers of older adults on Reddit: A content analysis.Digital healthArticle
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Abstract
Online health communities have become one of the most important means for people to seek social support during the coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19) pandemic. This study details content analysis of support-seeking strategies and social support offered on the online forum "Baidu COVID-19bar" across different stages of initial stage as well as during the entire initial stage of the COVID-19 pandemic. The results show that asking for support and disclosing directly were the main strategies used across the different stages and during the entire initial stage. Informational support and emotional support were the most common types sought in the first two stages and the entire initial stage, and informational support was the main type during the decline stage. Furthermore, asking for support was more likely to elicit informational support while disclosing directly was more likely to elicit emotional support. Theoretical and practical implications of the findings are discussed.
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