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Health-related Support Groups on the Internet

Linking Empirical Findings to Social Support and Computer-mediated Communication Theory

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4228382
AutoresKevin B Wright (0000-0001-6278-0880, University of Memphis, autor correspondente), Sally B Bell (University of Montevallo)
Ano2003
Volume8
Fascículo1
Páginas39-54
Data de publicação2003-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Health Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1359-1053 • E-ISSN: 1461-7277
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1359105303008001429
PMID22113899
OpenAlexW1999434819
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas99
Referências citadas40

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 characteristics of the medium

Computer support · Empirical research · Internet privacy · Similarity (geometry · Social support · Support group · The Internet · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Knowledge Management and Sharing · Psychology · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology · Artificial Intelligence

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