03225nam a22004575i 4500001001800000003000900018005001700027007001500044008004100059020001800100024003500118050001300153072001600166072002300182072001500205100007800220245015000298250001800448264007200466300004200538336002600580337002600606338003600632347002400668505051800692520117301210650002202383650003102405650002002436650001602456650002202472650002602494650001702520650001602537710003402553773002602587776003602613776003602649776003602685856004602721978-981-99-9569-1DE-He21320251030111430.0cr nn 008mamaa240216s2024    si |    s    |||| 0|eng d  a97898199956917 a10.1007/978-981-99-9569-12doi 4aP40-40.5 7aCFB2bicssc 7aLAN0090502bisacsh 7aCFB2thema1 aYip, Jesse W. C.eauthor.4aut4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut10aDiscourse of Online Social Supporth[electronic resource] :bA Study of Online Self-Help Groups for Anxiety and Depression /cby Jesse W. C. Yip.  a1st ed. 2024. 1aSingapore :bSpringer Nature Singapore :bImprint: Springer,c2024.  aX, 132 p. 13 illus.bonline resource.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  atext filebPDF2rda0 aSocial Support, Online Self-help Groups and Anxiety/Depression -- Discourse Analysis: Theoretical backgrounds and methodological approaches -- Data of online self-help groups for anxiety and depression (OSGADs) and research ethics -- Structure and content of the online communication of social support -- Giving support through multifunctional self-disclosure messages -- Contextualizing politeness of direct advice messages -- Therapeutic potential: Unique outcomes in narratives -- Conclusions and implications.  aThis book sheds light on the communication of social support, language use, and therapeutic effects in the context of online self-help groups for anxiety and depression. The book has two major purposes: the first is to enhance understanding of the phatic communication through a discourse-pragmatic perspective; and the second is to demonstrate the use of discourse analysis to discuss the potential therapeutic effects of the online self-help groups. Key concepts, including genre study, speech act theory, relational work and discourse analysis, are revisited and elucidated to show their applicability in health communication research. This book focuses on the topics of communication patterns, the communicative acts of self-disclosure and advice-giving, and relevant social theories in the communication of social support. This book is a useful reference guide for both undergraduate and postgraduate students who are interested in discourse analysis, pragmatics and health communication. It is also a valuable resource that catches attention of researchers who conduct interdisciplinary research pertaining to communication, clinical linguistics and social work. 0aSociolinguistics. 0aCommunication in medicine. 0aSocial service. 0aPragmatics.14aSociolinguistics.24aHealth Communication.24aSocial Work.24aPragmatics.2 aSpringerLink (Online service)0 tSpringer Nature eBook08iPrinted edition:z978981999568408iPrinted edition:z978981999570708iPrinted edition:z978981999571440uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-9569-1