TikTok and teen mental health: an analysis of user-generated content and engagement.

IF 2.7 3区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL Journal of Pediatric Psychology Pub Date : 2024-07-01 DOI:10.1093/jpepsy/jsae039

Nancy Lau, Kavin Srinakarin, Homer Aalfs, Xin Zhao, Tonya M Palermo

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Abstract

Background: TikTok is a social media mobile application that is widely used by adolescents, and has the potential to serve as a revolutionary platform for public and mental health discourse, education, and intervention.

Objective: Our study aimed to describe the content and engagement metrics of the hashtag #teenmentalhealth on TikTok.

Methods: In this study, we: (a) conducted a directed content analysis of the Top 100 TikTok videos tagged with #teenmentalhealth, and (b) collected data on video engagements (views, likes, saves, and shares) and computed view-based engagement rates.

Results: The videos collectively garnered 144,320,591 views; 28,289,655 likes; 219,780 comments; 1,971,492 saves; and 478,696 shares. Most of the generated content were from teens and therapists. Engagement metrics revealed strong user engagement rates across user types. The most prevalent content categories represented across videos were personal experience, coping techniques or treatment, humor, interpersonal relationships, and health campaign. The content categories with the highest engagement rates were relatable media representation, health campaign, social isolation, and humor. Only a single video incorporated evidence-based treatment content.

Conclusion: TikTok facilitates communication and information dissemination on teen mental health. Future research should focus on improving the quality and credibility of digital content while maintaining engagement through creativity, self-expression, and relatability. Use of popular social media platforms and community-engaged research to disseminate evidence-based content may help bridge the translational research gap.

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TikTok 与青少年心理健康：对用户生成内容和参与度的分析。

背景：TikTok是一款被青少年广泛使用的社交媒体移动应用程序，它有可能成为公共和心理健康讨论、教育和干预的革命性平台：我们的研究旨在描述 TikTok 上 #teenmentalhealth 标签的内容和参与指标：在这项研究中，我们(方法：在这项研究中，我们：（a）对TikTok上以#teenmentalhealth为标签的前100个视频进行了定向内容分析；（b）收集了视频参与度（观看、喜欢、保存和分享）数据，并计算了基于观看的参与率：这些视频总共获得了 144,320,591 次浏览、28,289,655 次点赞、219,780 条评论、1,971,492 次保存和 478,696 次分享。大部分生成的内容来自青少年和治疗师。参与度指标显示，各种用户类型的用户参与率都很高。视频中最常见的内容类别是个人经历、应对技巧或治疗、幽默、人际关系和健康活动。参与率最高的内容类别是可亲近的媒体表现形式、健康活动、社会隔离和幽默。只有一个视频包含了循证治疗内容：结论：TikTok 促进了有关青少年心理健康的交流和信息传播。未来的研究应侧重于提高数字内容的质量和可信度，同时通过创意、自我表达和亲和力来保持参与度。利用流行的社交媒体平台和社区参与式研究来传播以证据为基础的内容，可能有助于弥合转化研究方面的差距。

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Journal of Pediatric Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL-

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Pediatric Psychology is the official journal of the Society of Pediatric Psychology, Division 54 of the American Psychological Association. The Journal of Pediatric Psychology publishes articles related to theory, research, and professional practice in pediatric psychology. Pediatric psychology is an integrated field of science and practice in which the principles of psychology are applied within the context of pediatric health. The field aims to promote the health and development of children, adolescents, and their families through use of evidence-based methods.