About ADHD for a new study, both mentally ill and young people have been asked for the 100 most popular videos of Dictock. This is what was discovered.
Dictok’s popular videos about him High -speed attention deficit disorder (ADHD) They are found differently by medical professionals When compared to young peopleAccording to a new study, social networks play the role of our health.
Researchers asked two psychologists Doctors who specialize in ADHD It will review the 100 popular videos of Dictok for this disorder, which affects people’s behavior Is characterized by the inconvenience of focusing on And high speed or anxiety.
Two psychologists found it Less than half (48.7%) In the videos of videos They correctly reflected the signs of ADHD According to the diagnostic manual. Next, researchers made more than 800 university students watch 10 videos DichdogExperts are more and more reliable.
This study was published on Wednesday Magazine ‘Plos One’, experts and students expressed a contradiction in the way they felt videos. In the case of five videos With the best value of psychologists, young people gave them a relatively lower mark than 2.8, compared to an average of 3.6 of 5 experts.
Young people described the lower reliable videos with 2.3 out of 5, and 5 out of 1.1 were given to them. “In general, this work has some important impacts This provides a consistent view on the impact of social networks, ”says Nattingham (United Kingdom) University researcher Plantin did not participate in the French study.
“But It raises anxiety over the audience Believe these contents as sources of education and support. This does not mean that the nuances of these videos, empirical basic and reliability are very high.
Some creators with popular videos, credentials
The study authors found it #Adhd videos that have been viewed They were very popular with nearly 500 million visits. Most videos do not refer to a source, and only one of the five content creators shared their credentials on the video. One -third represents him a little more Perfil de Dictog. 83.6% of those indicated by their credentials They referred to their personal experience, and 13.1% declared life consultants.
Only 1.6% is said to be therapist The director, without providing information about the license, said that 1.6% of them said they were a licensed psychiatrist. According to the researchers, none of the users declare that they are a doctor, psychiatrist or doctor. Half of the creators They encouraged the products Or sought some sort of financial compensation.
Research is a “starting point
A people The official diagnosis of the self -consultation or ADHD They tried to watch more videos, and those with self -inflicted people saw the worse videos of psychologists than a medical diagnosis. According to French, this is a “Interesting, but worried” is true.
“The discovered group seemed to be capable of distinguishing the quality of information, while self -inflammation was not so much,” he said. The truth is in the limits of the study University students were on a psychological case They were often women, so external experts warn the risk of generalizing the results. Study authors say that the research is “provides a starting point to understand Adhd representations En tiktok.
“Dictock may be an incredible tool There is also a difficulty to increase awareness, but also a difficulty, ”said Vasilia Karasawawa, a student of the University of British Columbia, Canada. “Events and personal experiences are powerfulBut in the absence of environment, they can usually lead to misunderstanding of ADHD and mental health. “
