Mohammad Owais Khan, Sakeena Khan
Influence of online versus traditional learning on EFL listening skills: A blended mode classroom perspective
Heliyon
many benefits young people use social media adverse effects cyberbullying online challenges social comparison imitation may provoke aggravate suicidal thoughts behaviors influence social media mental health suicidal thoughts behaviours amply studied little empirical evidence potential role adolescent suicides current study aimed inform digital suicide prevention strategies examining meaning social media lives young suicide victims elucidating harmful supportive effects social media use wellbeing distress data analyzed psychological autopsy study 35 adolescents died suicide netherlands 43 adolescents died suicide year 18 girls 17 boys age twenty years average seventeen years interpretative phenomenological analysis performed 55 semi structured interviews peers parents decedents young people benefitted peer support recovery stories however various themes discussed relating harmful effects social media including dependency triggers imitation challenges cybervictimization psychological entrapment themes dependency triggers imitation salient young females group girls cultivated online identity around suicidal thoughts behaviours nextofkin particularly parents faced various challenges talk adolescents social media use including technological illiteracy online anonymity youths closedness based findings recommend education stimulate digital literacy parents health workers educators supporting conscientious social media use young people extending prevention cyberbullying encourage future research examine virtual social networks may sustain suicidal thoughts behaviour investigate effectiveness digital interventions like moderated peer support use positive role models