The present study examines how supportive touch impacts evaluations of esteem support content containing high emotion-focused (HEF) or high problem-focused (HPF) messages …
This experiment examines state shame and guilt responses to esteem support messages, testing predictions derived from the cognitive-emotional theory of esteem support messages …
This longitudinal study explored associations between communication resilience processes, job-search self-efficacy, and well-being for a sample of US adults who involuntarily lost their …
Research suggests that sex and gender differences in self-esteem, emotional reactions to esteem threats, and ways of coping with esteem threats may impact the likelihood of using …
Most adults in the United States (US) fail to meet guidelines for physical activity (PA) and nutrition outlined by the Centers for Disease Control. One important predictor of engagement …
Research indicates that receiving esteem support has multiple benefits, however, less is known about the factors that influence the production of esteem support messages of …
The cognitive–emotional theory of esteem support messages predicts that message style will affect the outcomes of esteem support interactions. However, little research has focused …
Capitalization—the process of sharing good news with others to prolong the positive affect generated by the corresponding, news-generating event—has largely been studied from the …
Seeking support is a complex and consequential step in the process of supportive communication, yet research has seldom examined what characterizes the ways in which …