Supportive communication, sense of virtual community and health outcomes in online infertility groups

C and T 2009 - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Communities and Technologies

Volumn 2009-January, Issue , 2009, Pages 31-40

  Welbourne, Jennifer L ^a   Blanchard, Anita L ^b   Boughton, Marla D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

health communities; online communities; sense of virtual community; virtual communities

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); VIRTUAL REALITY;

EMOTIONAL SUPPORTS; FACE TO FACE; HEALTH COMMUNITY; HEALTH OUTCOMES; INFORMATIONAL SUPPORT; ON-LINE COMMUNITIES; ONLINE SURVEYS; PHYSICAL HEALTH; SENSE OF VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY;

HEALTH;

EID: 85120942484     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1556460.1556466     Document Type: Conference Paper

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