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Mental Health Discourse on Reddit: Self-Disclosure, Social Support, and Anonymity
De Choudhury, De · ICWSM (AAAI) · 2014
- Authors
- De Choudhury, De
- Year
- 2014
- Venue
- ICWSM (AAAI)
- Topic
- mental-health
Summary
A foundational study of mental-health communities on Reddit showing that the platform's throwaway-account anonymity is associated with markedly greater self-disclosure, higher negative affect, and increased social support in mental-illness discussions. Established Reddit as a primary site for computational mental-health research.
Sources
- 01ICWSM proceedings (AAAI OJS)Academic2014
- 02Semantic Scholar paper pageAcademic2014