Facebooking for health: An examination into the solicitation and effects of health-related social support on social networking sites

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Highlights：

• We looked at people’s use of Facebook to seek health-related social support.

• Overall, about 40% had sought health-related support from others on Facebook.

• People with health concerns had sought support from others on Facebook more often.

• Emotional support was perceived more often than other supports on Facebook.

• Emotional support was positively related to health self-efficacy.

摘要

•We looked at people’s use of Facebook to seek health-related social support.•Overall, about 40% had sought health-related support from others on Facebook.•People with health concerns had sought support from others on Facebook more often.•Emotional support was perceived more often than other supports on Facebook.•Emotional support was positively related to health self-efficacy.

论文关键词：Health-related social support,Facebook,Online information seeking,Health self-efficacy

论文评审过程：Available online 8 May 2013.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2013.04.017