Understanding how adolescents and young adults with cancer talk about needs in online and face-to-face support groups

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ID4228053
AuthorsC M Thompson (0000-0002-5946-7153, Ohio University), Brittani Crook (0000-0002-9756-945X, The University of Texas at Austin), Brad Love (0000-0003-0828-9876, The University of Texas at Austin), Catherine Fiona Macpherson (0000-0001-6158-6007, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, USA), Rebecca Johnson (0000-0002-2847-8298, Mary Bridge Hospital/Multicare, USA), Rebecca H Johnson (0000-0002-1222-9019)
Year2016
Volume21
Issue11
Pages2636-2646
Publication date2016-11-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Health Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1359-1053 • E-ISSN: 1461-7277
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1359105315581515
PMID25921477
OpenAlexW2073700276
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited29

We compared adolescent and young adult cancer patient and survivor language between mediated and face-to-face support communities in order to understand how the use of certain words frame conversations about family, friends, health, work, achievement, and leisure. We analyzed transcripts from an online discussion board ( N = 360) and face-to-face support group ( N = 569) for adolescent and young adults using Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count, a word-based computerized text analysis software that counts the frequency of words and word stems. There were significant differences between the online and face-to-face support groups in terms of content (e.g. friends, health) and style words (e.g. verb tense, negative emotion, and cognitive process

Face (sociological concept · Face-to-face · Linguistics · Word (group theory · Cancer survivorship and care · Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life · Family Support in Illness · Psychology

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