Online suicidal thoughts and/or behaviours talk: A scoping review protocol
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Article Title | Online suicidal thoughts and/or behaviours talk: A scoping review protocol |
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ERA Journal ID | 39745 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Lamont-Mills, Andrea (Author), Bayliss, Luke T. (Author) and Christensen, Steven A. (Author) |
Journal Title | PLoS One |
Journal Citation | 17 (10), p. e0276776 |
Article Number | e0276776 |
Number of Pages | 17 |
Year | 2022 |
Publisher | Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
Place of Publication | United States |
ISSN | 1932-6203 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0276776 |
Web Address (URL) | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0276776 |
Abstract | The anonymity that the internet and social media affords users means that suicidal thoughts and/or behaviours can be talked about with a sense of freedom and disinhibition that is often not possible in face-to-face contexts. Better understanding online suicidal thoughts and/or behaviour talk is critical as more people turn to online spaces for support. Without this the potentiality of such spaces as sites for suicide prevention and intervention is likely to remain unrealised. Currently there are no scoping or systematic review syntheses focusing on internet and/or on social media suicidal thoughts and/or behaviour talk. This lack of synthesis is problematic as it makes it more difficult for online suicide prevention and intervention practices, policies, and our understanding of suicide to advance in a coherent and evidence-based manner. A scoping review protocol following Arksey and O’Malley’s six-step modified framework has been developed to address this synthesis gap. It aims to systematically map the empirical literature that has investigated online suicidal thoughts and/or behaviours talk. It is anticipated that review outcomes could inform the training of health practitioners and peer/professional online moderators in how to best talk with people experiencing suicidal thoughts and/or behaviours. Outcomes could also form an evidence-base for developing policies and practices that focus on online places as safe spaces to talk about suicidal thoughts and/or behaviours. Developers of safe language guidelines could also use the outcomes to audit how well current guidelines reflect empirical evidence. Outcomes could enable researchers to design future online suicidal thoughts and/behaviours talk studies that extend our understandings of suicide leading to potential refinements of contemporary suicide theories/models. |
Keywords | suicide, online, scoping review, suicidality, internet, social media, safety |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 520105. Psychological methodology, design and analysis |
520303. Counselling psychology | |
520302. Clinical psychology | |
Byline Affiliations | School of Psychology and Wellbeing |
School of Psychology and Counselling | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q7wv6/online-suicidal-thoughts-and-or-behaviours-talk-a-scoping-review-protocol
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