The Influence of Situational Variation, Associated Attributions, and Emotions on Support Providers' Interaction Goals

Consistent with predictions, attributions provoked by situational manipulations influenced both emotional responses and communication goals. Moreover, path analyses indicated that emotion mediated the influence of attributions on communication goals in several instances. However, attributions also exerted unmediated effects on several communication goals, and emotions exerted more influence on some goals than could be explained by attributions. These results indicate that support providers do respond strategically to perceived situational variation when developing communication goals. The results also indicate the need for further research addressing the complexity of attributional and emotional influence on pro-social communication and behavior.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Speech Communication

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• MacGeorge, Erina Lynne

Contributors dc:contributor

• Clark, Ruth Anne

• Psychology, Social

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI9944929

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/87566