Explaining the Impact of Attachment Style on Evaluations of Supportive Messages: A Dual-Process Framework

Autor:	Jerilyn R. Mincy, Brant R. Burleson, Jessica J. Rack, Jennifer D. McCullough, Graham D. Bodie, Jennifer Gill-Rosier, Lisa K. Hanasono, Amanda J. Holmstrom
Rok vydání:	2010
Předmět:	Linguistics and Language Social support Communication Helpfulness Injury prevention Information processing Attachment theory Poison control Human factors and ergonomics Situational ethics Psychology Social psychology Language and Linguistics
Zdroj:	Communication Research. 38:228-247
ISSN:	1552-3810 0093-6502
DOI:	10.1177/0093650210362678
Popis:	This article reports tests of hypotheses derived from a theory of supportive message outcomes that maintains that the effects of supportive messages are moderated by factors influencing the motivation and ability to process these messages. Participants ( N = 331) completed measures of attachment style, which provided individual-level assessments of processing motivation, and responded to either a mildly or moderately severe problem, which manipulated situational motivation.They subsequently evaluated the helpfulness of comforting messages that varied in person centeredness and were attributed to either an acquaintance or a close friend. Although message evaluations were strongly influenced by person centeredness, this effect, as expected, was also moderated by attachment style and problem severity. Results are discussed in terms of the dual-process theory of supportive message outcomes.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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