Attitudes towards suicide attempts broadcast on social media: An exploratory study of Chinese microblogs

PeerJ

Volumn 2015, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Li, Ang ^a,b,c   Huang, Xiaoxiao ^c   Hao, Bibo ^c,d   O'Dea, Bridianne ^b   Christensen, Helen ^b   Zhu, Tingshao ^c,e  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Microblog; Social media; Stigma; Suicide; Weibo

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTENT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL MEDIA; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

EID: 84944872469     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.1209     Document Type: Article

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