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Online peer-to-peer sobriety support: a conceptualization of the peer to peer social support mechanisms in an online 'Stop Drinking' community

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    • Contributors:
      Riemer, K; Indulska, M; Tuunainen, V
    • Publication Information:
      University of Tasmania
    • Publication Date:
      2017
    • Collection:
      Queensland University of Technology: QUT ePrints
    • Abstract:
      Online communities allow problem drinkers to seek help anonymously without the judgement present in the face-to-face world. This article investigates peer to peer online support in an online community of self-identified problem drinkers. A content analysis was performed on a "Stop Drinking" Reddit.com community and 26 themes of interaction, belonging to 9 categories were identified as key interactions likely to provide value to those seeking to instantiate or maintain sobriety. These themes were arranged into a conceptual model consisting of three dimensions of interaction namely: goal-based interaction; relationship-based interactions; and platform-interactions. The conceptual model created by this research should help those in recovery utilize online communities more effectively and provide insight into how peer to peer online social support can be deliberately utilized to promote sobriety.
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      application/pdf
    • Relation:
      https://eprints.qut.edu.au/128683/1/paper_131.pdf; Velmurugan, Mythreyi, Watson, Jason, & Bruce, Christine (2017) Online peer-to-peer sobriety support: a conceptualization of the peer to peer social support mechanisms in an online 'Stop Drinking' community. In Riemer, K, Indulska, M, & Tuunainen, V (Eds.) Proceedings of the 28th Australasian Conference on Information Systems. University of Tasmania, Australia, pp. 1-11.; https://eprints.qut.edu.au/128683/; Institute for Future Environments; Science & Engineering Faculty; School of Information Systems
    • Online Access:
      https://eprints.qut.edu.au/128683/
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      free_to_read ; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ ; Consult author(s) regarding copyright matters ; This work is covered by copyright. Unless the document is being made available under a Creative Commons Licence, you must assume that re-use is limited to personal use and that permission from the copyright owner must be obtained for all other uses. If the document is available under a Creative Commons License (or other specified license) then refer to the Licence for details of permitted re-use. It is a condition of access that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights. If you believe that this work infringes copyright please provide details by email to qut.copyright@qut.edu.au
    • Accession Number:
      edsbas.34E7CDEB