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This study provides a systematic review of literature related to social media use for youth mental health awareness and help-seeking attitudes. By adopting the Scientific Procedures and Rationales for Systematic Literature Reviews (SPAR-4-SLR) protocol, 1418 peer-reviewed articles published in academic journals between January 2018 and February 2023 were identified and acquired from Google Scholar and Web of Science databases using keyword searching techniques. The retrieved articles were then organized and purified to exclude the articles that did not meet the inclusion criteria. Of these, only12 articles were eligible for evaluation, using content analysis and thematic analysis. In the context of mental health, our review revealed two themes of social media use, which were for seeking mental health information and seeking emotional support. It was also found that social media use has the potential to enhance mental health awareness and shape positive help-seeking attitudes among yout.....
Article Published 2023 1129 hits Available
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This research aims to examine the role of the Instagram (IG) platform in shaping users_ perceptions towards help-seeking among university students in Malaysia, who are mostly active IG users and claimed to have stigma towards seeking mental help. Using the survey research method, data were collected using an online questionnaire. Purposive sampling was employed involving 364 undergraduate students at two universities in Perak, namely Sultan Idris Education University (UPSI) and MARA University of Technology (UiTM). Descriptive Analysis and Structural Equation Modelling Analysis were carried out to answer the research questions and draw conclusions for the research. The results showed a moderate level of IG usage for seeking mental health information and emotional support, a high level of mental health awareness, and positive help-seeking attitudes among the students. It was also found that IG usage for seeking mental health information had an indirect effect on helpseeking attitudes vi.....
Thesis Published 2024 123 hits Available

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