Background Social media recruitment for clinical studies holds the promise of being a cost-
effective way of attracting traditionally marginalized populations and promoting patient …

Theory and research on disclosure of interpersonal victimization, including intimate partner
violence, sexual assault, and child abuse, has produced rich scholarship promoting a …

Emotional validation describes when one believes that their activities, emotions, beliefs, or
other reactions are relevant and meaningful given the circumstance. When people …

The social stigma looming over disclosures of sexual violence discourages many women
from publicly sharing their stories, limiting their ability to seek support and obscuring the …

The Negro Motorist Green Book was a tool used by the Black community to navigate
systemic racism throughout the US and around the world. Whether providing its users with …

For individuals with mental illness, social media platforms are considered spaces for sharing
and connection. However, not all expressions of mental illness are treated equally on these …

Disclosures of distress and stigma on identified social media can be beneficial. Yet, many
who may benefit from such disclosures do not engage in them. I examine factors that inform …

Trauma is a common experience affecting over 70 percent of adults globally, with many
survivors seeking support from online communities. Yet few studies explore the online …

Understanding how and why people share negative emotions and thoughts on social media
has received much scholarly attention. Scholars have identified a variety of factors that affect …

Automatic emotion recognition (ER)-enabled wellbeing interventions use ER algorithms to
infer the emotions of a data subject (ie, a person about whom data is collected or processed …