Breast and prostate cancer online discussion boards - A thematic analysis of gender differences and similarities
Breast and prostate cancer online discussion boards - A thematic analysis of gender differences and similarities
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DOI：
10.1177/1359105307071744
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发表时间：
2007-01-01
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Winefield, Helen R.
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作者：
Gooden, Rebecca J.;Winefield, Helen R.
癌症幸存者越来越多地使用在线讨论板，这凸显了了解这种潜在支持性沟通过程的必要性。使用扎根理论和准数字方法的混合方法对两个在线讨论板（前列腺组和乳腺癌组）进行了研究。男性和女性的对话都分为两个主题：信息支持和情感支持。信息支持占女性交流的 60%，男性占 64%；情感支持占女性交流的 40%，男性占 36%。然而，这些交流的语言风格存在性别差异。建议进行进一步的研究，以充分理解乳腺癌和前列腺癌讨论区中女性和男性对话中的情感内容。
Online discussion boards are being used increasingly by cancer survivors, highlighting the need for understanding this potentially supportive communication process. Two online discussion boards, a prostate group and a breast cancer group, were studied using mixed methodology of both Grounded Theory and a quasi-numerative approach. Both men's and women's dialogues fell under two themes, information support and emotional support. Information support accounted for 60 per cent of communications in women and 64 per cent in men and emotional support 40 per cent in women and 36 per cent in men. However, there were gender differences in the language styles of these communications. Further research is recommended to understand adequately the emotional content within women's and men's dialogues in the context of breast and prostate cancer discussion boards.