Journal article
"Emotional Support Won't Cure Cancer": Reasons People Give for Not Providing Emotional Support
Western journal of communication, Vol.83(1), pp.20-38
01/01/2019
DOI: 10.1080/10570314.2018.1472800
Abstract
A major stressor faced by many people in their lifetime is a cancer diagnosis; however, cancer patients often report instances of people they know who never communicated emotional support regarding their diagnosis. The present study explored reasons potential supporters gave for not providing emotional support to others they knew who had recently been diagnosed with cancer. Sixteen reasons emerged and were categorized across four higher-order categories: Reasons related to the source, the recipient, the relationship, and the context. People providing source- and recipient-based reasons had higher relational closeness scores, and closeness was also related to greater expectation for providing support.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- "Emotional Support Won't Cure Cancer": Reasons People Give for Not Providing Emotional Support
- Creators
- Colter D. Ray - San Diego State UniversityValerie Manusov - University of Southern CaliforniaRachel M. McLaren - Pennsylvania State University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Western journal of communication, Vol.83(1), pp.20-38
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- DOI
- 10.1080/10570314.2018.1472800
- ISSN
- 1057-0314
- eISSN
- 1745-1027
- Number of pages
- 19
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/2019
- Academic Unit
- Communication Studies
- Record Identifier
- 9984309755502771
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