A qualitative study on negative experiences of social media use and harm reduction strategies among youths in a multi-ethnic Asian society

• Ellaisha Samari ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: Ellaisha_SAMARI@imh.com.sg

  Affiliation Research Division, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore, Singapore

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1424-2794

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• Sherilyn Chang,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research Division, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore, Singapore

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• Esmond Seow,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research Division, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore, Singapore

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• Yi Chian Chua,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Psychosis, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore, Singapore

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• Mythily Subramaniam,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Research Division, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore, Singapore, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

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• Rob M. van Dam,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, Departments of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences and Epidemiology, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States of America

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• Nan Luo,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

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• Swapna Verma,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Psychosis, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore, Singapore

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• Janhavi Ajit Vaingankar

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research Division, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore, Singapore

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9486-1896

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