Communication Competence, Social Support, and Depression Among College Students: A Model of Facebook and Face-to-Face Support Network Influence

Wright, Kevin B.; Rosenberg, Jenny; Egbert, Nichole; Ploeger, Nicole A.; Bernard, Daniel Rex; King, Shawn

doi:10.1080/10810730.2012.688250

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“…Relative to strong ties, weak ties can be more objective, provide novel information, and present less potential for role conflict (Wright & Miller, 2010). Several studies have shown that individuals who prefer weak-tie support are more inclined to participate in computer-mediated support groups or experience greater benefits from their participation (Wright & Rains, 2013;Wright et al, 2012). Other research indicates that factors such as anonymity (Tanis, 2008), similarity (Wright, 2002), and accessibility (Walther & Boyd, 2002) are additional reasons that individuals may choose computer-mediated resources for acquiring social support.…”

Section: Social Support and Computer-mediated Communicationmentioning

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Language Style Matching as a Predictor of Perceived Social Support in Computer-Mediated Interaction Among Individuals Coping With Illness

Rains

2015

Communication Research

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Several forms of computer-mediated communication (e.g., online support groups, blogs, social network sites) have been shown to be important resources for social support among individuals coping with illness. The reported study attempts to better understand social support processes in these settings by examining the implications of language style matching-a form of interpersonal coordination involving the degree to which speakers match one another's use of function words (e.g., articles, prepositions, pronouns). Language style matching among a sample of health bloggers and their readers over a 3-month period was tested as a predictor of bloggers' perceptions of support available from their readers. The results show that language style matching contributed to bloggers' perceptions that their readers are willing and able to serve as a resource for specific forms of social support.

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Section: Social Support and Computer-mediated Communicationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Language Style Matching as a Predictor of Perceived Social Support in Computer-Mediated Interaction Among Individuals Coping With Illness

Rains

2015

Communication Research

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“…These capabilities give an individual ability to adapt to and behave appropriately in situations that require a sensitive response and certain expected behaviors within the situations (Eisenberg et al, 2006;Sebanc, 2003). Researchers have found associations between social competence in parenting, temperament, peer group influences, interpersonal interactions, and cognitive abilities (Lindsey & Colwell, 2013;Schlundt & McFall, 1985;Wright, Rosenberg, Egbert, Ploeger, Bernard, & King, 2013).…”

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confidence: 99%

The Correlates of Turkish Preschool Preservice Teachers’ Social Competence, Empathy and Communication Skills

2016

European Journal of Contemporary Education

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The purpose of the current study was to examine the associations between Turkish preschool pre-service teacher's personal and educational characteristics, and their social competence, empathy, and communication skills. A total of 385 state university Turkish pre-service teachers (age range 18 to 32 years) from the early childhood education field completed a Demographic Information Form on personal and educational characteristics, the Social Skills Inventory (SSI) Scale measuring their social competence, The Scales of Empathic Tendency for measuring empathy skills, and a Communication Skills Evaluation Scale measuring communication skills. Bivariate Pearson-correlations, independent t tests, and one-way ANOVAs were used to test study hypotheses. Results indicated that women scored higher on empathy and communication skills, and having more friends was related to higher social competence and empathy. Pre-service teachers who were members of a social club scored higher on communication skills than their peers. Additional associations among variables, limitations, and future directions are discussed.

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“…This change may cause stress or even depression, lack of appetite and concentration problems (Thurber & Walton, 2012). Leaving home and being outside parental control and supervision is an unprecedented challenge (Mahmoud, Staten, Hall & Lennie, 2012;Moreno, Jelenchick, Koff & Eickhoff, 2012;Wright et al, 2012). According to current research studies, a higher degree of load can also be caused by social networks and the content of shared posts from friends (Chou & Edge, 2012;Jelenchick, Eickhoff, & Moreno, 2013).…”

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Attitudes Towards Stress And Lifestyle Of University Students In Health Education

Chrásková¹,

Zouharová²

2017

European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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Shaping the attitudes to lifestyle in a holistic concept is included in all stages of education in the Czech Republic. The objective of the present research is to identify the attitudes of university students to concepts associated with bio-psycho-social aspects of lifestyle (including stress) and their development by year of study and gender. The research sample comprises students who will become teachers of subjects in the category of Health education and will thus deliberately influence the lifestyle of their students. Students' attitudes were measured by means of the ATER two-factor semantic differential (plus own questionnaire). The respondents were presented with concepts associated with both positive and negative aspects of lifestyle, self-conception and social relationships. The obtained data were used to develop a semantic space of the concepts. The differences between various groups were further compared by means of the Student's t-test and analysis of variance. The results suggest that the attitudes of students of Health education correspond with the aspects of an optimum lifestyle. A comparison of the attitudes by year of study and gender revealed differences only in some concepts. In both dimensions a statistically significant difference was observed in the concept Mental stress, which has poor evaluation and is energy demanding. The results demonstrated that the attitudes of students of Health education were consistent with the theoretical knowledge and the profile of a graduate from this field of study. The results also correspond with the content of the curriculum defined by the Czech curricular documents.

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Communication Competence, Social Support, and Depression Among College Students: A Model of Facebook and Face-to-Face Support Network Influence

Cited by 189 publications

References 59 publications

Language Style Matching as a Predictor of Perceived Social Support in Computer-Mediated Interaction Among Individuals Coping With Illness

Language Style Matching as a Predictor of Perceived Social Support in Computer-Mediated Interaction Among Individuals Coping With Illness

The Correlates of Turkish Preschool Preservice Teachers’ Social Competence, Empathy and Communication Skills

Attitudes Towards Stress And Lifestyle Of University Students In Health Education

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