Coping with Obesity: The Use of Problem and Emotion Focused Strategies on Weight Watchers.com Message Boards

dc.contributor.author	Asbury, Mary Beth
dc.contributor.author	Woszidlo, Alesia
dc.date.accessioned	2017-08-16T19:37:53Z
dc.date.available	2017-08-16T19:37:53Z
dc.date.issued	2013
dc.description.abstract	This study examined the communication associated with overweight and obese individuals on Weight Watchers.com message boards. Data was systematically sampled from two separate Weight Watcher.com message boards and then coded for 14 various problem- and emotion-focused coping strategies. Findings indicate that on-line posters used more emotion-focused coping strategies (i.e., seeking support for emotional reasons and communicating acceptance) than problem-focused coping strategies (i.e., active coping and planning). Further, people were using the Weight Watchers site primarily as a way to elicit support and communicate encouragement rather than as a means to receive information about actual strategies to lose weight.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://jewlscholar.mtsu.edu/xmlui/handle/mtsu/5348
dc.publisher	Middle Tennessee State University, Department of Communication, College of Liberal Arts	en_US
dc.publisher	Ohio Communication Journal
dc.subject	Stress	en_US
dc.subject	Coping	en_US
dc.subject	Obesity	en_US
dc.subject	Content analysis	en_US
dc.subject	On-line communication	en_US
dc.subject	Social support	en_US
dc.title	Coping with Obesity: The Use of Problem and Emotion Focused Strategies on Weight Watchers.com Message Boards	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US

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