Eliciting and Receiving Online Support: Using Computer-Aided Content Analysis to Examine the Dynamics of Online Social Support

BackgroundAlthough many people with serious diseases participate in online support communities, little research has investigated how participants elicit and provide social support on these sites. ObjectiveThe first goal was to propose and test a model of the dynam...

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Main Authors: Wang, Yi-Chia, Kraut, Robert E, Levine, John M
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: JMIR Publications 2015-04-01
Series:Journal of Medical Internet Research
Online Access:http://www.jmir.org/2015/4/e99/