User-generated content about attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most popular health topics on TikTok. Because most creators are lay people, yet they attract a wide audience, concerns have been raised about the accuracy of the information shared. Through critical discourse analysis of #actuallyADHD and #ADHDprobs videos, this study examines the content of these videos as they relate to creators’ ADHD self-disclosure. Analysis showed that platform affordances and performance practices of videos focused on humor and personal experiences rather than educational medical content. I argue that in user-generated ADHD TikTok videos the performance strategies of creators and platform affordances of TikTok indicate these videos function as identity work rather than health information.

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“告诉我你有多动症而不告诉我你有多动症”：TikTok 上的 Neurodivergent 身份表现


用户生成的有关注意力缺陷/多动症 (ADHD) 的内容是 TikTok 上最受欢迎的健康主题之一。由于大多数创作者都是外行，但他们吸引了广泛的受众，因此人们对共享信息的准确性提出了担忧。通过对 #actuallyADHD 和 #ADHDprobs 视频的批判性话语分析，本研究考察了这些视频的内容，因为它们与创作者的 ADHD 自我表露有关。分析表明，视频的平台可供性和表现实践侧重于幽默和个人经历，而不是教育医学内容。我认为，在用户生成的 ADHD TikTok 视频中，创作者的表现策略和 TikTok 的平台可供性表明这些视频的功能是身份工作而不是健康信息。