Can online social support be detrimental in stigmatized chronic diseases? A quadratic model of the effects of informational and emotional support on self-care behavior of HIV patients | Zendy

Xunyi Wang | Zendy; Srikanth Parameswaran | Zendy; Darshan Mahendra Bagul | Zendy; Rajiv Kishore | Zendy

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Can online social support be detrimental in stigmatized chronic diseases? A quadratic model of the effects of informational and emotional support on self-care behavior of HIV patients

Author(s) -

Xunyi Wang,

Srikanth Parameswaran,

Darshan Mahendra Bagul,

Rajiv Kishore

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

journal of the american medical informatics association

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.614

H-Index - 150

eISSN - 1527-974X

pISSN - 1067-5027

DOI - 10.1093/jamia/ocy012

Subject(s) - psychology , social support , psychological intervention , experiential learning , clinical psychology , health care , social psychology , medicine , psychiatry , mathematics education , economics , economic growth

We studied the impact of online social support on patient self-care behavior in an online health community for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients. We conceptualized emotional and informational support provided by community members into nuanced sub-dimensions. We explored how the direct and interaction effects of these sub-dimensions impact the self-care behavior of a support seeker.

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