Like, Comment, Share: is social engagement on TikTok protective against suicidality in adolescents and young adults?
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Keyne Law, Ph.D.
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Social engagement is a known buffer against suicidal ideation (SI), but little is known about whether this protective effect is true of virtual connections. Participants in the present study (N = 71; Mage = 20.6, SD = 2.03) completed the Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire-JR and uploaded their TikTok user data. Social engagement was measured by participants’ a) liking b) commenting and c) sharing frequency on TikTok videos. No statistically significant associations were found between each form of social engagement and SI. These preliminary results offer insight into the relationship between TikTok use and the transmission of suicide risk.
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Like, Comment, Share: is social engagement on TikTok protective against suicidality in adolescents and young adults?
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Social engagement is a known buffer against suicidal ideation (SI), but little is known about whether this protective effect is true of virtual connections. Participants in the present study (N = 71; Mage = 20.6, SD = 2.03) completed the Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire-JR and uploaded their TikTok user data. Social engagement was measured by participants’ a) liking b) commenting and c) sharing frequency on TikTok videos. No statistically significant associations were found between each form of social engagement and SI. These preliminary results offer insight into the relationship between TikTok use and the transmission of suicide risk.
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Also presented at Suicide Research Symposium, April 2024