Communicating Social SupportAlbrecht and Adelman address theoretical and methodological issues for understanding the social support process in everyday life. They contend that social support is inextricably linked to communication behaviour and that the logical and empirical link between the two is long overdue. @3They present a theoretical overview (including strategies for measuring social support), examine support in specific settings and consider the dilemmas of supportive communication. They also discuss future directions for research and practice. |
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... outcomes they can create and will experience — and reasons for those outcomes . The significance of supportive communication that reduces one's perceptions of uncertainty is that it helps the receiver in developing a sense of perceived ...
... outcomes they can create and will experience — and reasons for those outcomes . The significance of supportive communication that reduces one's perceptions of uncertainty is that it helps the receiver in developing a sense of perceived ...
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... outcomes . In the exam- ple of the student , should he or she perform well , supportive state- ments might reinforce more general attributions such as the student's abilities , study skills , and so on as reasons for the desir- able ...
... outcomes . In the exam- ple of the student , should he or she perform well , supportive state- ments might reinforce more general attributions such as the student's abilities , study skills , and so on as reasons for the desir- able ...
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... outcomes that will be debilitating for self - esteem ( Rodin et al . , 1980 ) ( as in the case of the rape victims mentioned in the previous section ) . Conversely , causes for successful outcomes can be assigned to internal , stable ...
... outcomes that will be debilitating for self - esteem ( Rodin et al . , 1980 ) ( as in the case of the rape victims mentioned in the previous section ) . Conversely , causes for successful outcomes can be assigned to internal , stable ...
Contents
Benjamin H Gottlieb | 11 |
A Theoretical Perspective | 18 |
The Nature of Supportive Interactions | 30 |
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