Multum in parvo: Paperbacks in speech |
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Authors: | Brant R. Burleson Lisa K. Hanasono Amanda J. Holmstrom Jennifer D. McCullough Jessica J. Rack |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Communication , Purdue University;2. Department of Communication , Purdue University;3. Bowling Green State University;4. Department of Communication , Michigan State University;5. Department of Communication , Saginaw Valley State University |
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Abstract: | Women process information about support situations and messages more extensively than men, but little is known about whether these gender differences reflect underlying differences in processing ability, motivation, or both. Two studies examined information processing by men and women in both relatively less serious and more serious situations. Participants in Study 1 responded to more and less serious experimental scenarios, whereas participants in Study 2 reported on a recent bereavement situation. In both studies, the pattern of observed gender differences was most consistent with women possessing both greater ability and greater motivation to process information about support situations and messages. |
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Keywords: | Comforting Emotional Support Grief Sex Differences Social Support |
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