Fascinating developments in big data technologies and unprecedented diffusion of social networking sites (SNSs) not only generate unseen opportunities, but also pose an existential threat if not adapted for organizations from all sectors including healthcare. This study focuses particularly on the use of SNSs by adolescent psychiatric patients and the potential use of this SNS generated data to help medical practitioners diagnose and treat patients’ mental health. Our objective is to understand and measure the conditions creating symptom-sharing on SNSs and the frequency of these conditions manifesting in symptom-sharing. Based on theory and previous research we conceptualized an explanatory model with causal relations between symptom shares on SNSs and perceived value and psychological safety. An empirical test of the model was conducted with a survey applied to 224 adolescents admitted to a psychiatry clinic in Turkey. The findings supported the model and suggested that adolescents would share symptoms on SNSs only if they attribute value to the SNSs that they use and if they feel psychologically safe in the SNSs. Moreover, the perceived psychological safety by adolescents positively moderates the influence of perceived value of SNSs on the amount of symptom share of adolescent on SNSs. We found that 72% of adolescents in our sample shared their symptoms on SNSs. Hence, there is an attractive opportunity for the development of a software program for detecting symptoms to support psychiatrists in their diagnoses.

Social networking sites and adolescent psychiatric patients : an explanatory model of the use

KAYMAK, MÜSLÜM;UÇAR, LÜTFI
2015/2016

Abstract

Fascinating developments in big data technologies and unprecedented diffusion of social networking sites (SNSs) not only generate unseen opportunities, but also pose an existential threat if not adapted for organizations from all sectors including healthcare. This study focuses particularly on the use of SNSs by adolescent psychiatric patients and the potential use of this SNS generated data to help medical practitioners diagnose and treat patients’ mental health. Our objective is to understand and measure the conditions creating symptom-sharing on SNSs and the frequency of these conditions manifesting in symptom-sharing. Based on theory and previous research we conceptualized an explanatory model with causal relations between symptom shares on SNSs and perceived value and psychological safety. An empirical test of the model was conducted with a survey applied to 224 adolescents admitted to a psychiatry clinic in Turkey. The findings supported the model and suggested that adolescents would share symptoms on SNSs only if they attribute value to the SNSs that they use and if they feel psychologically safe in the SNSs. Moreover, the perceived psychological safety by adolescents positively moderates the influence of perceived value of SNSs on the amount of symptom share of adolescent on SNSs. We found that 72% of adolescents in our sample shared their symptoms on SNSs. Hence, there is an attractive opportunity for the development of a software program for detecting symptoms to support psychiatrists in their diagnoses.
ING - Scuola di Ingegneria Industriale e dell'Informazione
28-lug-2016
2015/2016
Tesi di laurea Magistrale
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