Abstract
Many students who seek out teachers for help when getting bullied report receiving unhelpful support. We theorized that the placement of support types (emotional, informational, network) in a conversation influences participants’ (N = 640) supportiveness evaluations. Results suggest that 1) conversations with more than one support type were evaluated as most supportive; 2) conversations featuring network support anywhere were viewed as more supportive; and 3) the emotional support–only conversation was viewed as least supportive, whereas the emotional-and-network support conversation was viewed as most supportive. We end by providing useful information for bullied students’ postbullying adjustments and bullying education curricula for teachers.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 113-132 |
Number of pages | 20 |
Journal | Western Journal of Communication |
Volume | 83 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 2019 |
Keywords
- Coping
- Optimal Matching
- Social Ties
- Support Providers
- Supportive Communication