There is a growing body of literature exploring the general population’s use of social media for assistance in dealing with stigmatized health issues. This study presents novel research examining the relationship between social media use and young adults. It utilizes a therapeutic affordance (TA) framework. Quantitative results from this study are complemented by qualitative data. The relationships between distinct social media and their TA (a–b) are presented to highlight their potential to impact positively on social and emotional well-being outcomes. Evidence includes broad support for “connection,” “narration,” and “collaboration” TAs in this context and the relationship between the use of distinct social media and perceived quality of life (QOL) outcomes (a–c). TA provides an appropriate and valuable theoretical framework which is useful for the development of an evidence-base from the analysis of young adult’s social media usage. An analysis of the association between social media and their QOL outcomes is presented according to the TA relationship pathway (a–c–b). The adoption of a TA framework enables a nuanced analysis of significant associations between specific social media, TA, and improved QOL outcomes. This study demonstrates the significant association between social media and perceived QOL outcomes in young adults.

越来越多的文献探索一般人群使用社交媒体来帮助处理被污名化的健康问题。这项研究提出了新的研究，探讨社交媒体使用与年轻人之间的关系。它利用了治疗可供性 (TA) 框架。这项研究的定量结果得到了定性数据的补充。展示了不同社交媒体与其 TA (a-b) 之间的关系，以突出它们对社会和情感健康结果产生积极影响的潜力。证据包括在这种情况下对“联系”、“叙述”和“合作”助教的广泛支持，以及不同社交媒体的使用与感知生活质量 (QOL) 结果之间的关系 (a-c)。TA 提供了一个适当且有价值的理论框架，可用于从分析年轻人的社交媒体使用情况发展证据基础。根据 TA 关系路径 (a-c-b) 对社交媒体与其 QOL 结果之间的关联进行了分析。采用 TA 框架可以对特定社交媒体、TA 和改善的 QOL 结果之间的重要关联进行细致入微的分析。这项研究表明社交媒体与年轻人感知的 QOL 结果之间存在显着关联。采用 TA 框架可以对特定社交媒体、TA 和改善的 QOL 结果之间的重要关联进行细致入微的分析。这项研究表明社交媒体与年轻人感知的 QOL 结果之间存在显着关联。采用 TA 框架可以对特定社交媒体、TA 和改善的 QOL 结果之间的重要关联进行细致入微的分析。这项研究表明社交媒体与年轻人感知的 QOL 结果之间存在显着关联。