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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Online support groups"”.
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Online Support Groups: Extending Communities of Concern
… data from 75 participants in computer self-help groups, variables were identified which theoretically indicate that computer self- help groups function similarly to face-to-face self-help groups. This exploratory research provided demographic information which allows users of computer self-help …
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Use of Online Support Groups by Parents of Students with Special Needs
… purpose of this study is to analyze the use of online support groups by parents of students with special needs. The study addresses the reasons that parents seek to join these online support groups and the information they expect to acquire within them. The reviewed literature focuses on aspects …
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Social Comparison And Information Seeking: College Students' Sexual Health Information Management In The Context Of Online Support Groups
… with regards to sexual health information in online support groups. More specifically, this dissertation examines the cognitive procedures related to how active information seekers utilize user-created messages shared in online support groups to manage their uncertainty about sexual health, …
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Logging in strained, logging out sustained: the utility of online support groups for caregivers of individuals with advanced-stage cancer
… both the process and content of four separate online support groups run through CancerChatCanada, with a national sample of caregivers of individuals with advanced-stage cancers. A grounded theory analysis of the chat transcripts led to the generation of the core category, ""Logging In …
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Caulrophobia: An investigation of clinical features
… literature on this topic despite multiple online support groups attesting to the reality of this condition. Methods: Data collection using a self-administered online questionnaire from Surveymonkey was made available via a link on the larger of these online support groups on Facebook. It …
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UNDERSTANDING INFORMATION USE IN ONLINE CONSUMER-HEALTH SUPPORT GROUPS: A LOOK INTO INTERACTIVE HEALTH COMMUNICATIONS
<p>UNDERSTANDING INFORMATION USE IN ONLINE CONSUMER HEALTH SUPPORT GROUPS: A LOOK INTO INTERACTIVE HEALTH COMMUNICATIONS</p> <p> The exponential growth of the Internet in the past two decades has been accompanied by an increased interest by Internet users in communicating among each other …
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Experiences of Stigma During Sexual Healthcare Visits: A Qualitative Study of Non-Monogamous Women
… women. Participants were contacted through online support groups, message boards, and snowball sampling. In-depth interviews about their sexual health care experiences were conducted. Interviews were recorded, transcribed, and analyzed for themes related to the intersection of non-monogamy …
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Termination For Fetal Anomaly: What Is The Impact of Genetic Counseling On Coping?
… expectations of GCs pre- and post-TFA. An online survey, which included the Brief COPE and The Short Version of The Perinatal Grief Scale, was distributed among private, online support groups. Appropriate statistical analysis tools, such as the Wilcoxon rank-sum and t-test, were utilized …
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Use of an Enhanced Engagement Approach to Increase Engagement in an Online Support Group
<p>Online support groups (OSGs) are potentially useful resources for individuals with chronic health problems who often face challenges in receiving desired support from similar others. Barriers such as limited mobility, time, distance, and desire for anonymity limit access to this support in …
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Analysis of an Online Support Group for Women with Breast Cancer
… by breast cancer survivors participating in an online breast cancer support group, and to assess the relationship between symptom distress, emotional well-being and benefit finding using baseline assessment measures. Qualitative content analysis and computerized text analysis were used to …
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Online support and domestic violence : negotiating discourses, emotions, and actions
… makes an original contribution to the study of online support on domestic violence (often referred to as online support communities/groups) through a discursive feminist perspective. Whilst the few previous studies on the topic are limited in scope, this is the first to adopt a mixed methods …
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Being Good Women: The Rise and Appeal of Femininity Among Globalist Women
… relationship guru who instructs them, online, in the embodiment of femininity as the means to realizing success in their desired heteronormative relationships. This is Feminine Magnetism™, a global countermovement to mainstream feminism led by dating coach and guru Katarina “Kat” Phang. …
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A Phenomenological Study of Young Women With Fibromyalgia: "It's Not All In My Head"
<p>Most research on fibromyalgia (FM) focuses on women aged 40 to 60 and concentrates primarily on treatment modalities. There is little mention of FM in younger women (ages 18 to 28) and nothing published on these women’s experiences of living with the condition. Anecdotal evidence and information …
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Machine learning and time-series analysis in healthcare
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2024-08-01