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Buis, Lorraine. "Social Support Provision Within Online Health-Focused Support Groups" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, TBA, San Francisco, CA, May 23, 2007 <Not Available>. 2008-11-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p172039_index.html>

Buis, L. R. , 2007-05-23 "Social Support Provision Within Online Health-Focused Support Groups" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, TBA, San Francisco, CA Online <APPLICATION/PDF>. 2008-11-26 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p172039_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: Over the years, online health support communities have developed a great presence on the Internet. Previous studies have demonstrated that these communities have been used for both the provision and receipt of emotional and informational social support for many different diseases and conditions. While there is a large body of research focused on different individual disease-specific communities, the literature in this field is devoid of cross community comparisons. This investigation marks one of the first online health-related support community comparisons that attempted to compare emotional and informational social support provision across disease controllability, gender, and community member role. A content analysis was conducted on 2,013 messages from three online support communities located in Yahoo!Groups. These communities focused on three diseases that varied in their controllability: Celiac disease, Epilepsy, and muscular dystrophy. During the sample period, a total of 298 community members (mostly female), composed primarily of patients and caregivers, posted messages within the support communities. Data indicate that there were significant differences in the frequency of emotional and informational support across communities. The community focused on the disease with the highest level of controllability (Celiac disease) contained a greater frequency of informational support than the lowest controllability condition (muscular dystrophy). The community focused on the disease with the lowest amount of controllability had a greater frequency of emotional support than the highest controllability condition. In addition, it was found that the types and amounts of emotional and social support were also significantly different across gender and community member role.

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