The Effects of Expressing Religious Support Online for Breast Cancer Patients.
Health Commun
; 31(6): 762-71, 2016.
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ABSTRACT
The growth of online support groups has led to an expression effects paradigm within the health communication literature. Although religious support expression is characterized as a typical subdimension of emotional support, we argue that in the context of a life-threatening illness, the inclusion of a religious component creates a unique communication process. Using data from an online group for women with breast cancer, we test a theoretical expression effects model. Results demonstrate that for breast cancer patients, religious support expression has distinct effects from general emotional support messages, which highlights the need to further theorize expression effects along these lines.
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Religión
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Grupos de Autoayuda
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Neoplasias de la Mama
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Adaptación Psicológica
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Internet
Tipo de estudio:
Clinical_trials
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Health Commun
Asunto de la revista:
PESQUISA EM SERVICOS DE SAUDE
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SERVICOS DE SAUDE
Año:
2016
Tipo del documento:
Article