Consistencies in Theoretical and Naive Evaluations of Comforting Messages
Document Type Article
Published by Taylor and Francis in Communication Monographs Volume 52, Issue 2, pages 103-123.
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Abstract
Assesses the extent to which naive actors' perceptions of comforting strategy correspond with the formal analysis of comforting strategy sophistication embedded in the constructivist hierarchical coding scheme. Concerns that motivate interest in how actors evaluate different comforting strategies; Methodological implications associated with the study; Background on the constructivist hierarchical coding systems.
This paper has been withdrawn.
