The living concept of this century has been changed due to COVID-19, where a definition of online Self Disclosure is converted from personal domain to public care.
I recently read an article name; Social Media reveals psychosocial effects of the COVID-19, this article focused the people’s self-disclosure on social media in terms of symptomatic health concerns and especially expressions seeking support.
Results of this research say, during COVID 19 mental health symptomatic expressions have increased by 14%, and support seeking expressions have increased by 5%.
Shocking is that the practical impact of the crisis is far greater than the actual number of infection cases or fatalities.
In this research, they gave a reference to the US, where 80% of adults use social media daily, placing ahead of texting, email, and instant messaging, and disclose considerably more about themselves online than offline.
Interestingly, one of the studies mentions, meta-analysis indicates that online support is effective in decreasing depression and increasing self-efficacy and quality of life.
In the previous blog, we talked about the post corona world, where the concept of disclosing online has been changed.
Coins have two sides, the same as the case with social media, where one study says that Facebook users demonstrate a positive relationship between having health concerns and seeing health-related social support. they describe the emotional support corresponds to empathy, encouragement, and kindness, while informational support corresponds to information, guidance, and suggestions. And these mentioned supports can occur with other forms of support, such as posts seeking emotional support often seek esteem and network support.
the researchers find support seeking expressions in treatment and control datasets. With keywords like Lord, Stay safe, Fauci, ventilators, father passed.
For future research, it needs to explore the persistence of the new normal and the emergence of a possible new paradigm as the pandemic evolves, and therein the mental health impacts further along in the crisis.
