LGBTQ+ young people’s digital peer support for mental health

Byron, P

LGBTQ+ young people’s digital peer support for mental health

Byron, P

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Publisher:: University of Technology Sydney
Publication Type:: Report
Citation:: 2023
Issue Date:: 2023-05-16

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dc.contributor.author	Byron, P https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6591-3060
dc.date.accessioned	2023-05-16T01:09:57Z
dc.date.available	2023-05-16T01:09:57Z
dc.date.issued	2023-05-16
dc.identifier.citation	2023
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/170349
dc.description.abstract	This report presents findings from a national survey and interviews with LGBTQ+ young people, aged 16-25 years, about digital peer support for mental health. For this study, digital peer support comprises informal, digital and social media engagement with friends and peers. Findings, drawn from the experiences of 674 young participants, demonstrate how LGBTQ+ young people support each other in ways that families, schools, and health practitioners cannot. Taking a strengths-based approach to LGBTQ+ young people’s experiences, this study engages participants as digital peer support experts. Research that centres LGBTQ+ young people’s digital cultures can expand current understandings of their support needs and practices and enrich current healthcare practices, strategies, and policies. This report offers insight into what digital peer support means to LGBTQ+ young people and how mental health is negotiated – personally and collectively, through digital media.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	University of Technology Sydney
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dc.title	LGBTQ+ young people’s digital peer support for mental health
dc.type	Report
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Abstract:

This report presents findings from a national survey and interviews with LGBTQ+ young people, aged 16-25 years, about digital peer support for mental health. For this study, digital peer support comprises informal, digital and social media engagement with friends and peers. Findings, drawn from the experiences of 674 young participants, demonstrate how LGBTQ+ young people support each other in ways that families, schools, and health practitioners cannot. Taking a strengths-based approach to LGBTQ+ young people’s experiences, this study engages participants as digital peer support experts. Research that centres LGBTQ+ young people’s digital cultures can expand current understandings of their support needs and practices and enrich current healthcare practices, strategies, and policies. This report offers insight into what digital peer support means to LGBTQ+ young people and how mental health is negotiated – personally and collectively, through digital media.

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