Journal article
Do Message Features Influence Responses to Depression Disclosure? A Message Design Logics Perspective
Western journal of communication, Vol.77(2), pp.139-163
03/01/2013
DOI: 10.1080/10570314.2012.694007
Abstract
This project uses a multiple goals theoretical perspective to examine the sophistication of responses to depression disclosure. In the first study, 504 college students imagined that a friend revealed a depression diagnosis using one of several messages exhibiting different identity management goals. Their responses were coded for expressive, conventional, or rhetorical message design logic. Variation in how depression was disclosed influenced the sophistication of responses. In the second study, 352 individuals with depression rated messages taken verbatim from the first study. Expressive messages were evaluated less favorably than conventional messages, which in turn were rated less favorably than rhetorical messages. The discussion focuses on the connection between attention to multiple goals and communication sophistication in responding to important disclosures.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Do Message Features Influence Responses to Depression Disclosure? A Message Design Logics Perspective
- Creators
- Allison M. Scott - University of KentuckyJohn P. Caughlin - University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignErin Donovan-Kicken - The University of Texas at AustinSylvia L. Mikucki-Enyart - University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Western journal of communication, Vol.77(2), pp.139-163
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Group
- DOI
- 10.1080/10570314.2012.694007
- ISSN
- 1057-0314
- eISSN
- 1745-1027
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/01/2013
- Academic Unit
- Communication Studies; Public Policy Center (Archive); Center for Social Science Innovation
- Record Identifier
- 9984283730102771
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