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Ashley Hedrick McKenzie, Ross Shegog, Lara S. Savas, C. Mary Healy, L. Aubree Shay, Sharice Preston, Sharon Coan, Travis Teague, Erica Frost, Stanley W. Spinner & Sally W. Vernon. (2023) Parents’ stigmatizing beliefs about the HPV vaccine and their association with information seeking behavior and vaccination communication behaviors. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics 19:1.
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Anna V. Ortiz Juarez-Paz, Eileen F. Doherty, Sharon L. Storch, Rhiannon B. Kallis & Steven B. Kleinman. (2023) “Anyone else? Is this normal?”: anonymously seeking information on the Ovia Pregnancy App. Atlantic Journal of Communication 31:1, pages 30-51.
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Kayla B. Rhidenour, Kate Blackburn, Ashley K. Barrett & Savanna Taylor. (2022) Mediating Medical Marijuana: Exploring How Veterans Discuss Their Stigmatized Substance Use on Reddit. Health Communication 37:10, pages 1305-1315.
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Andie Malterud, Hamidi Elmira, Meredith Muckerman, Asra Ahmad, Laura Freeman, Fiona Weber, George Kueppers & Kevin B. Wright. (2022) U.S. Immigrants and Mental Health: An Investigation of the Influence of Mental Health Stigma and Discrimination on Stress and Depression and Affordances Associated with Using Online Mental Health Applications and Online Support Groups. Southern Communication Journal 87:3, pages 206-219.
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Kevin B. Wright, Wendy Riemann & Carla L. Fisher. (2022) Work–life-imbalance during the COVID-19 pandemic: exploring social support and health outcomes in the United States. Journal of Applied Communication Research 50:1, pages 54-69.
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Satveer Kaur-Gill & M. J. Dutta. (2021) Structure as Depressant: Theorizing Narratives of Mental Health among Migrant Domestic Workers. Health Communication 36:12, pages 1464-1475.
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C. Benedict, A. J. Lazard, S. M. Smith, A. Agrawal, M. K. R. Collins & B. Love. (2021) User experiences, usability, and social presence of a peer-to-peer support app: survey of young adults affected by cancer. Journal of Applied Communication Research 49:5, pages 497-514.
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Dang Nguyen. (2021) Dropping in, Helping Out: Social Support and Weak Ties on Traditional Medicine Social Networking Sites. Howard Journal of Communications 32:3, pages 235-252.
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Amy L. Delaney & Erin D. Basinger. (2021) Uncertainty and support-seeking in US-based online diabetes forums. Journal of Applied Communication Research 49:3, pages 305-324.
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Brittany N. Lash & Donald W. Helme. (2020) Managing Hearing Loss Stigma: Experiences of and Responses to Stigmatizing Attitudes & Behaviors. Southern Communication Journal 85:5, pages 302-315.
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Arielle Berman, Jennifer L. Bevan & Lisa Sparks. (2020) Readiness to Visit University Counseling Centers: Social Support, Stigma, and Communication Efficacy. Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice 57:3, pages 282-295.
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Daphna Yeshua-Katz, Stephen A. Rains, Emily B. Peterson & Kevin B. Wright. (2020) Digital stigma coping strategies: A meta-analytic review of the association between health-related stigma dimensions and social support messages shared online. The Information Society 36:1, pages 19-29.
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Lauren Perez, Lynsey K. Romo & Trevor Bell. (2019) Communicatively Exploring Uncertainty Management of Parents of Children with Type 1 Diabetes. Health Communication 34:9, pages 949-957.
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Yifeng Hu. (2019) Helping is healing: examining relationships between social support, intended audiences, and perceived benefits of mental health blogging. Journal of Communication in Healthcare 12:2, pages 112-120.
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Yining Z. Malloch & Heather J. Hether. (2019) The Dark Side of Addiction Support Forums: Impacts of Poor Quality and Insufficient Emotional Support on Perceived Support Availability and Health Efficacy. Journal of Health Communication 24:4, pages 432-441.
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Daphna Yeshua-Katz. (2019) Blame or Shame: The Search for Online Support and Stigma Origin Among Israeli Childless Women. Mass Communication and Society 22:1, pages 117-138.
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Jenny L. Crowley & Andrew C. High. (2018) Parents’ information seeking during adolescent career development: a test of the theory of motivated information management. Journal of Applied Communication Research 46:3, pages 348-367.
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Smart Z Mabweazara, Clemens Ley & Lloyd L Leach. (2018) Physical activity, social support and socio-economic status amongst persons living with HIV and AIDS: a review. African Journal of AIDS Research 17:2, pages 203-212.
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Andrew C. High & Rachel Young. (2018) Supportive communication from bystanders of cyberbullying: indirect effects and interactions between source and message characteristics. Journal of Applied Communication Research 46:1, pages 28-51.
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Heewon Kim, Colter D. Ray & Alaina M. Veluscek. (2017) Complementary Support from Facilitators and Peers for Promoting mHealth Engagement and Weight Loss. Journal of Health Communication 22:11, pages 905-912.
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Camella J. Rising, Nadine Bol, Amelia Burke-Garcia, Stephen Rains & Kevin B. Wright. (2017) Perceived Stress in Online Prostate Cancer Community Participants: Examining Relationships with Stigmatization, Social Support Network Preference, and Social Support Seeking. Journal of Health Communication 22:6, pages 469-476.
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Larry Powell, Jonathan Amsbary & Haichang Xin. (2015) Stigma as a Communication Barrier for Participation in the Federal Government's Women, Infants, and Children Program. Qualitative Research Reports in Communication 16:1, pages 75-85.
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