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It's Not Easy - Impacts Of Suicide Prevention Research On Study Staff, Jason I. Chen, Ginnifer L. Mastarone, Lauren M. Denneson
It's Not Easy - Impacts Of Suicide Prevention Research On Study Staff, Jason I. Chen, Ginnifer L. Mastarone, Lauren M. Denneson
Communication Faculty Publications and Presentations
Suicide prevention researchers who work with individuals at high risk of suicide or are exposed to details of suicide attempts and deaths may experience negative impacts on their own well-being. This is not unlike the experiences of mental health providers, where repeated exposure to clients' difficult experiences gas long been identified as an occupational risk (Molnar et al., 2017). however, there have been few studies evaluating how exposure to details of suicide-related behavior impacts researcher well-being. This gap in the literature is worrisome, as researcher' mental health and well-being might be negatively impacted by repeated exposure to graphic details of …
Concerns Of Female Adolescents About Menarche And First Sexual Intercourse: Mixed Methods Analysis Of Social Media Questions, Nikkie Saldivar Hodgson, Elad Yom-Tov, William F. Strong, Priscilla L. Flores, Giselle N. Ricoy
Concerns Of Female Adolescents About Menarche And First Sexual Intercourse: Mixed Methods Analysis Of Social Media Questions, Nikkie Saldivar Hodgson, Elad Yom-Tov, William F. Strong, Priscilla L. Flores, Giselle N. Ricoy
Communication Faculty Publications and Presentations
Background: Adolescents use social media for information on medical and social aspects of maturation.
Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the concerns and information needs of adolescents regarding menarche and first sexual intercourse.
Methods: Questions about menarche or first sexual intercourse were obtained from Yahoo Answers, a community-based social media question-and-answer website. A total of 1226 questions were analyzed. We focused on 123 question pairs made by users who asked questions on both topics and reported their ages at each. Quantitative and qualitative analyses were performed on these question pairs.
Results: Qualitative analysis identified uncertainty as a …