[HTML][HTML] Systematic review on Internet Support Groups (ISGs) and depression (1): Do ISGs reduce depressive symptoms?

KM Griffiths, AL Calear, M Banfield - Journal of medical Internet research, 2009 - jmir.org
Background: Internet support groups (ISGs) enable individuals with specific health problems
to readily communicate online. Peer support has been postulated to improve mental health …

Digital health interventions to help living with cancer: a systematic review of participants' engagement and psychosocial effects

G Escriva Boulley, T Leroy, C Bernetière… - Psycho …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Digital health interventions (DI) open the possibility for cancer patients and
survivors to manage the disease and its side effects when they return home after treatment …

Fostering empowerment in online support groups

A Barak, M Boniel-Nissim, J Suler - Computers in human behavior, 2008 - Elsevier
Online support groups have been used extensively, in numerous areas of distress, for 15
years. Researchers have presented conflicting findings and ideas about their effectiveness …

Communicating social support in computer-mediated contexts: A meta-analytic review of content analyses examining support messages shared online among …

SA Rains, EB Peterson, KB Wright - Communication Monographs, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Research on social support during the past two decades has been marked by a growth in
scholarship examining supportive communication in computer-mediated contexts among …

Gender and cross-cultural differences in social media disclosures of mental illness

M De Choudhury, SS Sharma, T Logar… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - dl.acm.org
Cultural and gender norms shape how mental illness and therapy are perceived. However,
there is a paucity of adequate empirical evidence around gender and cultural dimensions of …

On the HORYZON: moderated online social therapy for long-term recovery in first episode psychosis

M Alvarez-Jimenez, S Bendall, R Lederman… - Schizophrenia …, 2013 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Early intervention services have demonstrated improved outcomes in first
episode psychosis (FEP); however, recent evidence shows that treatment benefits may not …

E-health/m-health adoption and lifestyle improvements: Exploring the roles of technology readiness, the expectation-confirmation model, and health-related …

L Leung, C Chen - Telecommunications Policy, 2019 - Elsevier
This purpose of this study was to investigate (a) the prevalence and patterns of e-health/m-
health use in Hong Kong;(b) the activities that people engage in via health-related …

Social support and computer-mediated communication: A state-of-the-art review and agenda for future research

SA Rains, KB Wright - Communication Yearbook 40, 2016 - taylorfrancis.com
Advice is a ubiquitous form of support and influence, exchanged in diverse contexts. This
chapter encourages communication scholars to move beyond seeing advice as a social …

Outcomes of online support and resources for cancer survivors: a systematic literature review

Y Hong, NC Pena-Purcell, MG Ory - Patient education and counseling, 2012 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: This study aims to review systematically the available literature on health
outcomes of online cancer support and resources. METHODS: We searched major …

Evaluating the validity of computerized content analysis programs for identification of emotional expression in cancer narratives.

EOC Bantum, JE Owen - Psychological assessment, 2009 - psycnet.apa.org
Psychological interventions provide linguistic data that are particularly useful for testing
mechanisms of action and improving intervention methodologies. For this study, emotional …