Self-Harm and Suicide-Related Content on TikTok: Thematic Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Social media platforms, such as TikTok, may be powerful vectors for transmission of both harmful and helpful self-harm and suicide-related content; however, this has not been rigorously studied.

Objective

This study aims to identify and understand the themes and overall characteristics of videos related to self-harm and suicide on TikTok.

Methods

Snowball sampling was used to identify the 10 most-viewed TikTok hashtags related to self-harm and suicide, which were then used to select the most-viewed English-language posts up to June 2023. An inductive coding reliability approach to thematic analysis was iteratively applied by 2 independent coders to identify and analyze common themes within the videos.

Results

In total, 188 videos were included in the

SUBMITTER: Grant-Allen G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12491888 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature