Mapping Engagement in Twitter-Based Support Networks for Adult Smoking Cessation.

• Autores: Cynthia M. Lakon, Cornelia Pechmann, Cheng Wang, Li Pan, Kevin Delucchi, Judith J Prochaska
• Localización: American journal of public health, ISSN 0090-0036, Vol. 106, Nº. 8, 2016, págs. 1374-1380
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • We examined engagement in novel quit-smoking private social support networks on Twitter, January 2012 to April 2014. We mapped communication patterns within 8 networks of adult smokers (n = 160) with network ties defined by participants' tweets over 3 time intervals, and examined tie reciprocity, tie strength, in-degree centrality (popularity), 3-person triangles, 4-person cliques, network density, and abstinence status. On average, more than 50% of ties were reciprocated in most networks and most ties were between abstainers and nonabstainers. Tweets formed into more aggregated patterns especially early in the study. Across networks, 35.00% (7 days after the quit date), 49.38% (30 days), and 46.88% (60 days) abstained from smoking. We demonstrated that abstainers and nonabstainers engaged with one another in dyads and small groups. This study preliminarily suggests potential for Twitter as a platform for adult smoking-cessation interventions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]