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February 28, 20260 citations

Social media as a psychosocial resource and risk: Insights from breast cancer patients' experiences in Taiwan.

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SCShih-Chuan Chen

Key Points

  • The study aims to understand the dual role of social media for breast cancer patients, focusing on both support and emotional challenges.
  • Qualitative analysis of breast cancer patients' experiences with social media
  • Examination of emotional support and burden
  • Evaluation of digital health literacy and coping strategies
  • Social media provides significant support for breast cancer patients
  • It can also create emotional burdens
  • Incorporating digital health literacy into patient care shows potential benefits

Abstract

These findings highlight social media's dual role as both a valuable support resource and a potential source of emotional burden. These findings suggest that incorporating digital health literacy and emotional coping strategies into patient care could be beneficial. Future health policies may also consider supporting digital infrastructures that promote equitable and emotionally safe engagement in online cancer communities.

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Shih-Chuan Chen (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69a287e20a974eb0d3c03a94https://doi.org/10.1080/07347332.2026.2632681
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