Commenting and connecting: A thematic analysis of responses to YouTube vlogs about borderline personality disorder.

King, Clare M; McCashin, Darragh

dc.contributor.author	King, Clare M
dc.contributor.author	McCashin, Darragh
dc.date.accessioned	2022-09-01T15:40:19Z
dc.date.available	2022-09-01T15:40:19Z
dc.date.issued	2022-04-17
dc.identifier.pmid	35493438
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/j.invent.2022.100540
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10147/634269
dc.description	Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is an often misunderstood and stigmatized mental health difficulty. Increasingly, social media has been used as a forum to share dialogue on such difficulties. This research analysed YouTube comments in response to personal vlogs about living with BPD. The key term ‘Living with Borderline Personality Disorder Vlog’ was inputted into a YouTube Ireland search, results were displayed by relevance and the top four vlogs that met the criteria were chosen for analysis. A total of 1197 comments (approximately 55,574 words) were analysed using inductive thematic analysis (Braun and Clarke, 2006). Five distinct themes were identified: 1) Sharing advice, support and encouragement, 2) Vlogs destigmatizing, informing and educating, 3) Solidarity, relatability and personal connection, 4) Intense, unstable intrapersonal and interpersonal functioning, 5) Prompting disclosures about mental health struggles. The vlogs gave people insight and understanding, increasing empathy towards those suffering with BPD or with their mental health. The overall picture drawn from the data was one of solidarity, support, de-stigmatization, normalization, sharing, comfort and encouragement. Further research into people's attitudes towards BPD, their opinions and knowledge of the disorder, may help make important changes, inform policies and practice, and ultimately improve the lives of those living with the disorder.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.rights	© 2022 The Authors.
dc.subject	Mental health	en_US
dc.subject	BPD	en_US
dc.subject	BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER	en_US
dc.subject	Destigmatizing	en_US
dc.subject	Mental health stigma	en_US
dc.subject	thematic analysis	en_US
dc.subject	YouTube comments	en_US
dc.title	Commenting and connecting: A thematic analysis of responses to YouTube vlogs about borderline personality disorder.	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US
dc.identifier.eissn	2214-7829
dc.identifier.journal	Internet interventions	en_US
dc.source.journaltitle	Internet interventions
dc.source.volume	28
dc.source.beginpage	100540
dc.source.endpage
refterms.dateFOA	2022-09-01T15:40:20Z
dc.source.country	Netherlands