A Review and Meta-Analysis of Person-Centered Messages and Social Support Outcomes |
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Authors: | Andrew C High James Price Dillard |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Communication Arts and Sciences , The Pennsylvania State University ach208@psu.edu;3. Department of Communication Arts and Sciences , The Pennsylvania State University |
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Abstract: | Person-centered messages are a form of social support that has been theoretically and empirically linked to a variety of outcomes. Scholars would benefit by recognizing the influence of person-centered messages across a number of studies in the absence of statistical artifacts. This article reports a meta-analysis testing the association between person-centered messages and social support outcomes across 23 studies. Our results demonstrate a positive linear association between person-centeredness and actual effectiveness, and an even stronger linear relationship between person-centeredness and perceived effectiveness. The association between person-centeredness and support outcomes was attenuated in confederate-based methodologies. Moreover, the data suggest that scholars need to more precisely conceptualize and empirically assess the differences between the nine levels of the person-centered hierarchy. |
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Keywords: | Comfort Meta-Analysis Perceived Effectiveness Person-Centered Hierarchy Social Support Verbal Person-Centered Messages |
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