A theory-based computer mediated communication intervention to promote mental health and reduce high-risk behaviors in the LGBT population

The relationship between computer-mediated communication (e.g., Internet or social media use) and mental health has been a long-standing issue of debate. Various disciplines (e.g., communication, psychology, sociology, medicine) investigate computer-mediated communication in relation to a great variety of negative (i.e., psychopathology) and positive (i.e., well-being) markers of mental health. We aim at charting this vast, highly fragmented, and fast growing literature by means of a scoping review. Using methods of computational content analysis in conjunction with qualitative analyses, we map 20 years of research based on 1,780 study abstracts retrieved through a systematic database search. Results reveal the most common topics investigated in the field, as well as its disciplinary boundaries. Our review further highlights emerging trends in the literature and points to unique implications for how future research should address the various relationships between computer-mediated communication and mental health.

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Mental Health and HIV-Related High-Risk Behaviors Among Female Sex Workers

Shiraz E-Medical Journal ◽

10.17795/semj22326 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 15 (4) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Mahmood Amini Lari ◽

Pezhman Bagheri ◽

Fatemeh Ameli

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

High Risk ◽

Risk Behaviors ◽

Sex Workers ◽

Female Sex Workers ◽

High Risk Behaviors ◽

Female Sex

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The Association of Mental Health with Family Relationships and High-Risk Behaviors in Female Students of South-Eastern Iran

Health Scope ◽

10.5812/jhealthscope.55998 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Fariba Shahraki-Sanavi ◽

Fatemeh Rakhshani ◽

Alireza Ansari-Moghaddam ◽

Mahdi Mohammadi

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

High Risk ◽

Risk Behaviors ◽

Family Relationships ◽

Female Students ◽

High Risk Behaviors ◽

South Eastern ◽

Eastern Iran

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Computer-Mediated Communication, Social Media, and Mental Health: A Conceptual and Empirical Meta-Review

Communication Research ◽

10.1177/0093650220958224 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 009365022095822

Author(s):

Adrian Meier ◽

Leonard Reinecke

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Social Media ◽

Evidence Synthesis ◽

Computer Mediated Communication ◽

Well Being ◽

Future Research ◽

Mediated Communication ◽

Interdisciplinary Field ◽

Computer Mediated ◽

Meta Review

Computer-mediated communication (CMC), and specifically social media, may affect the mental health (MH) and well-being of its users, for better or worse. Research on this topic has accumulated rapidly, accompanied by controversial public debate and numerous systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Yet, a higher-level integration of the multiple disparate conceptual and operational approaches to CMC and MH and individual review findings is desperately needed. To this end, we first develop two organizing frameworks that systematize conceptual and operational approaches to CMC and MH. Based on these frameworks, we integrate the literature through a meta-review of 34 reviews and a content analysis of 594 publications. Meta-analytic evidence, overall, suggests a small negative association between social media use and MH. However, effects are complex and depend on the CMC and MH indicators investigated. Based on our conceptual review and the evidence synthesis, we devise an agenda for future research in this interdisciplinary field.

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