A reconsideration of the gendered mechanisms of support in online interactions about testicular implants: A discursive approach

Health Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-99

  Seymour Smith, S ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discursive psychology; Masculinity; Online support groups; Testicular implants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMOTIONALITY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MASCULINITY; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUPPORT GROUP; TESTIS CANCER; TESTIS PROSTHESIS; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; SELF HELP; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TESTIS TUMOR;

COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEN; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84881085976     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029507     Document Type: Article

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