If it Does Turn out to be Herpes, Try not to Stress Too Much
The Contours of Emotional Support and Peer Diagnosis in an Online Sexual Health Community
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2292020 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lee Garth Vigilant (Minnesota State University Moorhead, corresponding author), Ashley Heitkamp (Minnesota State University Moorhead), Amanda Heitkamp (0000-0003-4246-5511, Bowling Green State University) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 92 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 200-224 |
| Publication date | 2022-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Inquiry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0245 • E-ISSN: 1475-682X |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/soin.12424 |
| OpenAlex | W3152560262 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 42 |
Our research team sought to understand the structure of help-seeking inquiries and help-giving responses around the experience of a diagnosed or suspected sexually transmitted infection (STI). The present thematic analysis examines data from 211 original postings on the r/STD community on Reddit.com. Helpers on this Web site focus the vast majority of their comments toward providing emotional support to those confronted with the fear and social isolation that come with the experience of contracting an STI. The findings suggest the r/STD community provides an essential service in assuaging stigma, social isolation, and status silencing common to the experience of having a sexually transmitted infection
Bioinformatics · Biology · Emotional support · Focus (optics) · Isolation (microbiology) · Peer support · Psychiatry · Qualitative research · Sexual orientation · Social isolation · Social media · Social support · Sociology · Stigma (botany) · Thematic analysis · World Wide Web · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Computer Science · Gender, Feminism, and Media · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Psychology · Social Psychology
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Damaged goods
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |