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Women, Stress and Coping with Tiktok

This research paper delves into women’s consumption of TikTok to cope with everyday stress by examining the significant meanings of TikTok to women as a coping tool, exploring women’s motivations for engaging with TikTok for stress and emotion management, and finally, investigating the relationship...

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Main Authors: Sharon Grace Kwan, Haryati Abdul Karim
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Language:English
English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Malaysia Sabah 2024
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HM(1)-1281 Sociology
HQ1101-2030.7 Women. Feminism
Online Access:https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/39279/1/ABSTRACT.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/39279/2/FULL%20TEXT.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/39279/
https://doi.org/10.51200/manu.v35i1.5160
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spelling my.ums.eprints.392792024-07-26T02:50:22Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/39279/ Women, Stress and Coping with Tiktok Sharon Grace Kwan Haryati Abdul Karim HM(1)-1281 Sociology HQ1101-2030.7 Women. Feminism This research paper delves into women’s consumption of TikTok to cope with everyday stress by examining the significant meanings of TikTok to women as a coping tool, exploring women’s motivations for engaging with TikTok for stress and emotion management, and finally, investigating the relationship between women’s social and economic conditions and their consumption of TikTok for coping. Using the Media Dependency Theory, we conducted semi-structured interviews with six women from lower-income (B40) backgrounds. Our findings identified two themes: Characteristics of Stress and Coping via Consumption. These findings suggest that TikTok has several positive outcomes in women’s coping processes and emotional well-being; as such, we found that TikTok positively affects women’s moods and emotions through its various media content. TikTok is also used as a tool for women to comprehend the nature of their stressors, including gaining mutual emotional support through online discussions. Additionally, TikTok encourages women to seek self-betterment and practice healthy, effective coping strategies. The implications of this paper can help us understand the nature of stress women face in this current era, and how social media is capable of becoming an effective tool for coping. Penerbit Universiti Malaysia Sabah 2024 Article NonPeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/39279/1/ABSTRACT.pdf text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/39279/2/FULL%20TEXT.pdf Sharon Grace Kwan and Haryati Abdul Karim (2024) Women, Stress and Coping with Tiktok. MANU: Jurnal Pusat Penataran Ilmu dan Bahasa (PPIB), 35 (1). pp. 1-21. ISSN 1511-1989 https://doi.org/10.51200/manu.v35i1.5160
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topic HM(1)-1281 Sociology
HQ1101-2030.7 Women. Feminism
spellingShingle HM(1)-1281 Sociology
HQ1101-2030.7 Women. Feminism
Sharon Grace Kwan
Haryati Abdul Karim
Women, Stress and Coping with Tiktok
description This research paper delves into women’s consumption of TikTok to cope with everyday stress by examining the significant meanings of TikTok to women as a coping tool, exploring women’s motivations for engaging with TikTok for stress and emotion management, and finally, investigating the relationship between women’s social and economic conditions and their consumption of TikTok for coping. Using the Media Dependency Theory, we conducted semi-structured interviews with six women from lower-income (B40) backgrounds. Our findings identified two themes: Characteristics of Stress and Coping via Consumption. These findings suggest that TikTok has several positive outcomes in women’s coping processes and emotional well-being; as such, we found that TikTok positively affects women’s moods and emotions through its various media content. TikTok is also used as a tool for women to comprehend the nature of their stressors, including gaining mutual emotional support through online discussions. Additionally, TikTok encourages women to seek self-betterment and practice healthy, effective coping strategies. The implications of this paper can help us understand the nature of stress women face in this current era, and how social media is capable of becoming an effective tool for coping.
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Haryati Abdul Karim
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publisher Penerbit Universiti Malaysia Sabah
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url https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/39279/1/ABSTRACT.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/39279/2/FULL%20TEXT.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/39279/
https://doi.org/10.51200/manu.v35i1.5160
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