Public disclosures of mental health problems on social media and audiences' self-reported anti-stigma effects.

ABSTRACT: Public disclosures of mental health problems on social media represent a potentially powerful informal avenue for increasing mental health literacy and reducing public stigma in relation to people with mental health problems. We investigated whether the audience reported any reduction in their own stigma toward people with mental health problems after exposure to disclosures. We also examined whether self-reported stigma reduction was associated with the characteristics of audience members, the disclosers and the disclosure messages. We used Prolific to obtain a convenience sample (N = 803) of adults who had been exposed to a disclosure. We administered an online survey to participants and conducted a series of logistic regressions to identify any associations between disclosure-related ch

SUBMITTER: Zhang Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11747871 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature