Kevin B Wright
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 86925 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Kevin B Wright |
| NOMBRES | Kevin B |
| APELLIDO | Wright |
| FIRMA | WRIGHT K B |
| AFILIACIONES | George Mason University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6278-0880 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 25 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 154 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 23 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 2 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2000 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Exploring autism parenting, social support, and stigma in a Reddit community
Background Online communities provide a space for parents of children with autism spectrum disorder to discuss social support needs and experiences. Objective This study examined posts in an online Reddit community about autism ( N = 971; published in October 2024). Method We trained a large language model to code anonymized posts based on the presence of social support types (informational, emotional, network), positive and negative sentiment, a…
Social Support Seeking, Appraisals of Work-Life Balance, and Their Associations With Depressive Symptoms During Covid-19
The COVID-19 pandemic severely disrupted work-life boundaries, resulting in widespread psychological distress. This study examines how a perceptual appraisal (perceived work-life balance) and a communication behavior (direct support seeking) were associated with depressive symptoms among U.S. professionals during the early pandemic. A cross-sectional survey (N = 396) was conducted. Data were analyzed using ordinary least squares regression, with …
Communication and Misinformation
Exploring the influence misinformation has on public perceptions of the risk and severity of crisis events To what extent can social media networks reduce risks to the public during times of crisis? How do theoretical frameworks help researchers understand the spread of misinformation? Which research tools can identify and track misinformation about crisis events on social media? What approaches may persuade those resistant to changing their perc…
Caring for a Parent With a Blood Cancer
This exploratory survey study used quantitative and qualitative analyses to (a) identify challenges communicating with siblings that adult child caregivers of a parent with a blood cancer encounter and (b) examine how these challenges are related to caregivers’ burden, social support, family openness, and clinical communication quality. A total of 95 caregivers with siblings participated in an online survey. We conducted a qualitative content ana…
Soutien social et communication médiée par ordinateur
Malgré les nombreuses spéculations sur les avantages et les inconvénients potentiels de la communication médiée par ordinateur (CMO) pour les processus de soutien social, peu de tentatives ont été faites pour résumer les résultats issus de l’exploitation de ce corpus d’études Le présent article présente un état des lieux de la recherche sur le soutien médié par ordinateur afin de déterminer si les promesses et les périls supposés de la CMO se son…
Work–life-imbalance during the Covid-19 pandemic
This study explored work–life imbalance and social support during the Spring 2020 COVID-19 shelter-in-place restrictions in the U.S. and their impact on perceived stress and depression. In addition, the study explored relationships among perceived social support from others, support-seeking behaviors, and the role of weak-tie support network preference and demographic variables in terms of perceived stress and depression. The findings indicate th…
Faith-Based Community Members, Family, and Covid-19
This study examined relationships between family cohesion, social support/spiritual support, and quality of life and depression among faith-based community members during the 2020 COVID-19 restrictions. Drawing upon the buffering model of social support and family cohesion as theoretical frameworks, the authors examined these factors in a survey of 551 faith-based community members between March 2020 and June 2020. Family cohesion had a direct an…
A Content Analysis of Social Support Messages about Environmental Breast Cancer Risk within Blogs for Mothers
Bloggers can help stimulate online conversations among their readers about a variety of health topics, including breast cancer. However, in previous studies, researchers have not specifically examined supportive messages within an online blogger community that stem from an intervention where bloggers were provided with evidence-based information about breast cancer risk that they could tailor and disseminate to their readers. In the current study…
Helping Mothers and Daughters Talk about Environmental Breast Cancer Risk and Risk-Reducing Lifestyle Behaviors
Background : Mothers and daughters struggle to talk about breast cancer risk. Even less attention is paid to environmental determinants of cancer. Third-party online approaches can be helpful navigating these conversations. The aim of this study was to obtain feedback from mothers exposed to a social media intervention ("mommy bloggers") and identify their preferences for message-design approaches that could help them talk to their daughter(s) ab…
Digital stigma coping strategies
Although stigma is widely accepted to be a multidimensional construct, the implications of its dimensions for social support warrant greater consideration. We conducted a meta-analysis of 31 content analyses to investigate the association between specific dimensions of stigma and the types of social support messages shared in health-related contexts online. Among health conditions where character stigma was greater, information, network, and tang…
Media and Health Communication
Social Support and Computer-Mediated Communication
Despite a great deal of speculation about the potential advantages and disadvantages of computer-mediated communication (CMC) for social support processes, few attempts have been made to summarize the findings from this body of scholarship. The present chapter reports a state-of-the-art review of research on computer-mediated support in an effort to determine whether the purported promise and peril of CMC has been realized. Empirical studies exam…
Computer-Mediated Social Support
Communicating Social Support in Computer-mediated Contexts
Research on social support during the past two decades has been marked by a growth in scholarship examining supportive communication in computer-mediated contexts among individuals coping with illness. In an effort to summarize and advance this body of research, a meta-analytic review of content analyses was conducted. Across the 41 content analyses examining social support messages shared in health-related contexts online, informational and emot…
Communication Competence, Social Support, and Depression Among College Students
This study examined the influence of the social networking site Facebook and face-to-face support networks on depression among (N = 361) college students. The authors used the Relational Health Communication Competence Model as a framework for examining the influence of communication competence on social support network satisfaction and depression. Moreover, they examined the influence of interpersonal and social integrative motives as exogenous …
Communication and Mental Health
The Communication Monographs Cafe is once again open for business. After stimulating conversations about social justice and public scholarship (Volume 78, Issue 2), about communication and material
Computer-Mediated Communication in Personal Relationships
This is the first collection of readings on computer-mediated communication focusing exclusively on interpersonal interactions. Examining messages exchanged via email, Twitter, Facebook, websites, and blogs, the authors analyze communication issues of ongoing importance in relationships including deception, disclosure, identity, influence, perception, privacy, sexual fidelity, and social support. This book examines subjects that attract intense s…
Assessing Cultural Representations of Physician and Patient Imagery in Medical Tourism Websites
Given recent international trends in globalized healthcare systems, an analysis of the cultural representations of patient and physician imagery was conducted on 66 medical tourism websites. Expectancy violations theory serves as the intercultural theoretical framework for exploring the medical tourism process overall, and quality of care expectations specifically. Results revealed the type of website and international region of care varied both …
Weak-Tie Support Network Preference and Perceived Life Stress Among Participants in Health-Related, Computer-Mediated Support Groups
The study reported here examines characteristics of weak-tie support network preference among members of health-related computer-mediated support groups. Drawing on weak-tie support network theory and socioemotional selectivity theory, participants' age and health condition were assessed as predictors of weak ties support network preference. Relationships between the dimensions of weak-tie support network preference and perceived stress also were…
A Measure of Weak-Tie/Strong-Tie Support Network Preference
This article reports two studies designed to develop and test a weak-tie/strong-tie support network preference scale. A theoretical framework for developing the measure and empirical tests of the underlying dimensions in two distinct populations is presented along with an assessment of the scale's validity and reliability, and hypotheses are tested regarding the support network preferences of the two populations. The application and utility of th…
A model for predicting stress levels and marital satisfaction for stepmothers utilizing a stress and coping approach
Drawing from a stress and coping framework and previous research regarding stepfamilies, the researchers develop and test a theoretical model predicting stepmother stress and marital satisfaction. Factors in the model include residency of the stepmother's stepchildren, whether the stepmother has biological children, social support resources, role clarity, and responsibility for household chores and stepchild care. The results indicate that the da…
Medical Student Attitudes Toward Communication Skills Training and Knowledge of Appropriate Provider-Patient Communication
Drawing upon Bloom's taxonomy of educational objectives as a theoretical framework, this study examines attitudes toward communication skills training, knowledge of appropriate provider-patient communication, and confidence communicating with patients between first-year and fourth-year medical students at a large medical school in the southern United States. The study findings indicate that fourth-year medical students do not differ from first-ye…
Researching Internet-Based Populations
This article examines some advantages and disadvantages of conducting online survey research. It explores current features, issues, pricing, and limitations associated with products and services, such as online questionnaire features and services to facilitate the online survey process, such as those offered by web survey businesses. The review shows that current online survey products and services can vary considerably in terms of available feat…
Health-related Support Groups on the Internet
This literature review of research on health-related computer-mediated support groups links features of these groups to existing theory from the areas of social support and computer-mediated communication research. The article exams computer-mediated support groups as weak tie networks, focuses on how these support groups facilitate participant similarity and empathic support and identifies changes in supportive communication due to characteristi…
Computer-Mediated Social Support, Older Adults, and Coping
One important new context of communication for older adults is computer-mediated communication (CMC). Although the Internet has become an important resource for information, little is known about the ways in which individuals use this technology for social support. Older adults (mean age = 62) using SeniorNet and other related websites completed an on-line questionnaire (N = 136) investigating social support in the computer-mediated environment. …
Researching Internet-Based Populations
This article examines some advantages and disadvantages of conducting online survey research. It explores current features, issues, pricing, and limitations associated with products and services, such as online questionnaire features and services to facilitate the online survey process, such as those offered by web survey businesses. The review shows that current online survey products and services can vary considerably in terms of available feat…
Health-related Support Groups on the Internet
This literature review of research on health-related computer-mediated support groups links features of these groups to existing theory from the areas of social support and computer-mediated communication research. The article exams computer-mediated support groups as weak tie networks, focuses on how these support groups facilitate participant similarity and empathic support and identifies changes in supportive communication due to characteristi…
A Measure of Weak-Tie/Strong-Tie Support Network Preference
This article reports two studies designed to develop and test a weak-tie/strong-tie support network preference scale. A theoretical framework for developing the measure and empirical tests of the underlying dimensions in two distinct populations is presented along with an assessment of the scale's validity and reliability, and hypotheses are tested regarding the support network preferences of the two populations. The application and utility of th…
Weak-Tie Support Network Preference and Perceived Life Stress Among Participants in Health-Related, Computer-Mediated Support Groups
The study reported here examines characteristics of weak-tie support network preference among members of health-related computer-mediated support groups. Drawing on weak-tie support network theory and socioemotional selectivity theory, participants' age and health condition were assessed as predictors of weak ties support network preference. Relationships between the dimensions of weak-tie support network preference and perceived stress also were…
A model for predicting stress levels and marital satisfaction for stepmothers utilizing a stress and coping approach
Drawing from a stress and coping framework and previous research regarding stepfamilies, the researchers develop and test a theoretical model predicting stepmother stress and marital satisfaction. Factors in the model include residency of the stepmother's stepchildren, whether the stepmother has biological children, social support resources, role clarity, and responsibility for household chores and stepchild care. The results indicate that the da…
Communication and Mental Health
The Communication Monographs Cafe is once again open for business. After stimulating conversations about social justice and public scholarship (Volume 78, Issue 2), about communication and material
Computer-Mediated Social Support, Older Adults, and Coping
One important new context of communication for older adults is computer-mediated communication (CMC). Although the Internet has become an important resource for information, little is known about the ways in which individuals use this technology for social support. Older adults (mean age = 62) using SeniorNet and other related websites completed an on-line questionnaire (N = 136) investigating social support in the computer-mediated environment. …
Health-related Support Groups on the Internet
This literature review of research on health-related computer-mediated support groups links features of these groups to existing theory from the areas of social support and computer-mediated communication research. The article exams computer-mediated support groups as weak tie networks, focuses on how these support groups facilitate participant similarity and empathic support and identifies changes in supportive communication due to characteristi…
Medical Student Attitudes Toward Communication Skills Training and Knowledge of Appropriate Provider-Patient Communication
Drawing upon Bloom's taxonomy of educational objectives as a theoretical framework, this study examines attitudes toward communication skills training, knowledge of appropriate provider-patient communication, and confidence communicating with patients between first-year and fourth-year medical students at a large medical school in the southern United States. The study findings indicate that fourth-year medical students do not differ from first-ye…
Researching Internet-Based Populations
This article examines some advantages and disadvantages of conducting online survey research. It explores current features, issues, pricing, and limitations associated with products and services, such as online questionnaire features and services to facilitate the online survey process, such as those offered by web survey businesses. The review shows that current online survey products and services can vary considerably in terms of available feat…
A model for predicting stress levels and marital satisfaction for stepmothers utilizing a stress and coping approach
Drawing from a stress and coping framework and previous research regarding stepfamilies, the researchers develop and test a theoretical model predicting stepmother stress and marital satisfaction. Factors in the model include residency of the stepmother's stepchildren, whether the stepmother has biological children, social support resources, role clarity, and responsibility for household chores and stepchild care. The results indicate that the da…
Weak-Tie Support Network Preference and Perceived Life Stress Among Participants in Health-Related, Computer-Mediated Support Groups
The study reported here examines characteristics of weak-tie support network preference among members of health-related computer-mediated support groups. Drawing on weak-tie support network theory and socioemotional selectivity theory, participants' age and health condition were assessed as predictors of weak ties support network preference. Relationships between the dimensions of weak-tie support network preference and perceived stress also were…
A Measure of Weak-Tie/Strong-Tie Support Network Preference
This article reports two studies designed to develop and test a weak-tie/strong-tie support network preference scale. A theoretical framework for developing the measure and empirical tests of the underlying dimensions in two distinct populations is presented along with an assessment of the scale's validity and reliability, and hypotheses are tested regarding the support network preferences of the two populations. The application and utility of th…
Computer-Mediated Communication in Personal Relationships
This is the first collection of readings on computer-mediated communication focusing exclusively on interpersonal interactions. Examining messages exchanged via email, Twitter, Facebook, websites, and blogs, the authors analyze communication issues of ongoing importance in relationships including deception, disclosure, identity, influence, perception, privacy, sexual fidelity, and social support. This book examines subjects that attract intense s…
Assessing Cultural Representations of Physician and Patient Imagery in Medical Tourism Websites
Given recent international trends in globalized healthcare systems, an analysis of the cultural representations of patient and physician imagery was conducted on 66 medical tourism websites. Expectancy violations theory serves as the intercultural theoretical framework for exploring the medical tourism process overall, and quality of care expectations specifically. Results revealed the type of website and international region of care varied both …
Communication and Mental Health
The Communication Monographs Cafe is once again open for business. After stimulating conversations about social justice and public scholarship (Volume 78, Issue 2), about communication and material
Communication Competence, Social Support, and Depression Among College Students
This study examined the influence of the social networking site Facebook and face-to-face support networks on depression among (N = 361) college students. The authors used the Relational Health Communication Competence Model as a framework for examining the influence of communication competence on social support network satisfaction and depression. Moreover, they examined the influence of interpersonal and social integrative motives as exogenous …
Computer-Mediated Social Support
Communicating Social Support in Computer-mediated Contexts
Research on social support during the past two decades has been marked by a growth in scholarship examining supportive communication in computer-mediated contexts among individuals coping with illness. In an effort to summarize and advance this body of research, a meta-analytic review of content analyses was conducted. Across the 41 content analyses examining social support messages shared in health-related contexts online, informational and emot…
Social Support and Computer-Mediated Communication
Despite a great deal of speculation about the potential advantages and disadvantages of computer-mediated communication (CMC) for social support processes, few attempts have been made to summarize the findings from this body of scholarship. The present chapter reports a state-of-the-art review of research on computer-mediated support in an effort to determine whether the purported promise and peril of CMC has been realized. Empirical studies exam…
Media and Health Communication
Helping Mothers and Daughters Talk about Environmental Breast Cancer Risk and Risk-Reducing Lifestyle Behaviors
Background : Mothers and daughters struggle to talk about breast cancer risk. Even less attention is paid to environmental determinants of cancer. Third-party online approaches can be helpful navigating these conversations. The aim of this study was to obtain feedback from mothers exposed to a social media intervention ("mommy bloggers") and identify their preferences for message-design approaches that could help them talk to their daughter(s) ab…
Digital stigma coping strategies
Although stigma is widely accepted to be a multidimensional construct, the implications of its dimensions for social support warrant greater consideration. We conducted a meta-analysis of 31 content analyses to investigate the association between specific dimensions of stigma and the types of social support messages shared in health-related contexts online. Among health conditions where character stigma was greater, information, network, and tang…
A Content Analysis of Social Support Messages about Environmental Breast Cancer Risk within Blogs for Mothers
Bloggers can help stimulate online conversations among their readers about a variety of health topics, including breast cancer. However, in previous studies, researchers have not specifically examined supportive messages within an online blogger community that stem from an intervention where bloggers were provided with evidence-based information about breast cancer risk that they could tailor and disseminate to their readers. In the current study…
Work–life-imbalance during the Covid-19 pandemic
This study explored work–life imbalance and social support during the Spring 2020 COVID-19 shelter-in-place restrictions in the U.S. and their impact on perceived stress and depression. In addition, the study explored relationships among perceived social support from others, support-seeking behaviors, and the role of weak-tie support network preference and demographic variables in terms of perceived stress and depression. The findings indicate th…
Faith-Based Community Members, Family, and Covid-19
This study examined relationships between family cohesion, social support/spiritual support, and quality of life and depression among faith-based community members during the 2020 COVID-19 restrictions. Drawing upon the buffering model of social support and family cohesion as theoretical frameworks, the authors examined these factors in a survey of 551 faith-based community members between March 2020 and June 2020. Family cohesion had a direct an…
Soutien social et communication médiée par ordinateur
Malgré les nombreuses spéculations sur les avantages et les inconvénients potentiels de la communication médiée par ordinateur (CMO) pour les processus de soutien social, peu de tentatives ont été faites pour résumer les résultats issus de l’exploitation de ce corpus d’études Le présent article présente un état des lieux de la recherche sur le soutien médié par ordinateur afin de déterminer si les promesses et les périls supposés de la CMO se son…
Communication and Misinformation
Exploring the influence misinformation has on public perceptions of the risk and severity of crisis events To what extent can social media networks reduce risks to the public during times of crisis? How do theoretical frameworks help researchers understand the spread of misinformation? Which research tools can identify and track misinformation about crisis events on social media? What approaches may persuade those resistant to changing their perc…
Caring for a Parent With a Blood Cancer
This exploratory survey study used quantitative and qualitative analyses to (a) identify challenges communicating with siblings that adult child caregivers of a parent with a blood cancer encounter and (b) examine how these challenges are related to caregivers’ burden, social support, family openness, and clinical communication quality. A total of 95 caregivers with siblings participated in an online survey. We conducted a qualitative content ana…
Exploring autism parenting, social support, and stigma in a Reddit community
Background Online communities provide a space for parents of children with autism spectrum disorder to discuss social support needs and experiences. Objective This study examined posts in an online Reddit community about autism ( N = 971; published in October 2024). Method We trained a large language model to code anonymized posts based on the presence of social support types (informational, emotional, network), positive and negative sentiment, a…
Social Support Seeking, Appraisals of Work-Life Balance, and Their Associations With Depressive Symptoms During Covid-19
The COVID-19 pandemic severely disrupted work-life boundaries, resulting in widespread psychological distress. This study examines how a perceptual appraisal (perceived work-life balance) and a communication behavior (direct support seeking) were associated with depressive symptoms among U.S. professionals during the early pandemic. A cross-sectional survey (N = 396) was conducted. Data were analyzed using ordinary least squares regression, with …
Psychology (21 obras) · Social Psychology (15 obras) · Computer Science (12 obras) · Social support (12 obras) · Social Psychology (8 obras) · Clinical Psychology (7 obras) · Impact of Technology on Adolescents (7 obras) · Medicine (7 obras) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (6 obras) · Political science (5 obras)