Promoting Mental Wellbeing: Young Adults’ Experience on TikTok during the COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown in Nigeria
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https://doi.org/10.31211/interacoes.n40.2021.a1Palabras clave:
Social Media, TikTok, Short Videos, Isolation, COVID-19Resumen
Desde el último trimestre de 2019, el mundo fue testigo de la aparición del virus COVID-19 que lo hizo caer de rodillas y, Nigeria no fue la excepción. Mientras que los países luchaban por encontrar estrategias sobre cómo manejar el virus, la opción de confinamiento se volvió primordial. Durante el período del confinamiento en Nigeria, la mayoría de las personas, especialmente los jóvenes, no pudo visitar los lugares de su elección. Por lo tanto, las redes sociales se convirtieron en su fuente de consuelo. Este estudio examina las experiencias de los adultos jóvenes en el uso de TikTok para minimizar el efecto negativo del aislamiento durante el confinamiento de COVID-19 en Nigeria. El autor entrevistó a diez jóvenes de entre 19 y 31 años. Un análisis temático de las entrevistas utilizando los pasos de Braun y Clark (2006) para realizar un análisis temático, reveló cuatro temas generales que describen las experiencias de los participantes en TikTok durante el confinamiento. Destacando entre los temas, el estudio reveló, cómo los videos cortos de TikToksobresalieron al impactar terapéuticamente a los participantes de la investigación, aliviar el aburrimiento e impactar positivamente en su salud mental. El presente estudio sugiere que los videos cortos de TikTok podrían ser un fenómeno que podría ser adoptado por individuos o incluso profesionales de la salud, especialmente psicoterapeutas en el manejo o tratamiento de pacientes en situaciones similares como el confinamiento obligatorio de COVID-19.
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