Which Comforting Messages Really Work Best? A Different Perspective on Lemieux and Tighe's “Receiver Perspective”
Document Type Article
Published by Eastern Communication Association in Communication Research Reports Volume 22, Issue 2, Pages 87-100.
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Abstract
This article responds critically to a recent article by Lemieux and Tighe (Communication Research Reports, 21 , 144–153, 2004 ) in which the authors conclude that recipients of comforting efforts prefer messages that exhibit a moderate rather than high level of person centeredness. It is argued that an erroneous assumption made by Lemieux and Tighe about the status of “receiver perspective” research on the comforting process led to faulty interpretations of the data and unwarranted conclusions about recipient preferences regarding comforting messages.
This paper has been withdrawn.
