Alt.support: modeling social support online

摘要: While there is mounting evidence that people use the Internet to expand their social networks and receive support, little known about how they do so with what effect has on overall levels of support. Based a survey 213 online support seekers, this study explored cognitive mechanism such as self-efficacy outcome expectations predictors activity, reliance network size. From these relationships, we offer preliminary suggesting those who actively seek are indeed finding it through complex system beginning self-regulation.