Who talks? The social psychology of illness support groups.
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...Davison, Pennebaker, and Dickerson (2000) also found that overcoming logistical barriers to accessibility and availability of support was associated with participation in receiving support online....
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...Davison, Pennebaker, and Dickerson (2000) found that illness groups were popular with people suffering from debilitating and disfiguring conditions, perhaps because of the practical problems of physically meeting up as well as enabling anonymity....
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...The Internet provides both anonymity and a source of information and support which may not be available elsewhere (e.g. McKenna and Bargh 1998, Davison, Pennebaker, and Dickerson 2000), making it a prime candidate to help people escape their situation of information poverty....
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...Surprisingly, gender was not associated with support group use despite previous findings that men are generally less likely to participate in these types of programs (Davison et al., 2000; Kessler & Zhao, 1997)....
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...Women were more likely than men to report unmet need, which may reflect women’s greater affiliation for these types of groups (Davison et al., 2000; Kessler & Zhao, 1997)....
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..., 2004; VandenBos, 2007), although others use these terms interchangeably (Davison et al., 2000)....
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...…to provide education and information that helps people cope with their disease through modeling and social persuasion, facilitate social interactions and networking, and encourage group advocacy (Davison et al., 2000; Gottlieb, 2000; Peters et al., 2003; Uccelli et al., 2004; VandenBos, 2007)....
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...Support groups are sometimes distinguished from self-help groups by virtue of their leadership (professional vs. peer; Kessler & Zhao, 1997; Uccelli et al., 2004; VandenBos, 2007), although others use these terms interchangeably (Davison et al., 2000)....
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...In a similar vein, Yalom (1995) has asserted that self-help groups offer a unique venue for growth, social experimentation, and change....
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