Kornfield Rachel F, Toma Catalina L
Northwestern University.
University of Wisconsin-Madison.
J Broadcast Electron Media. 2020;64(2):277-297. doi: 10.1080/08838151.2020.1757366. Epub 2020 Apr 27.
As individuals increasingly write about their distressing experiences online, it is important to understand how perceived online audiences influence the effects of self-disclosure. In an experiment, participants wrote about recent breakups for online audiences purportedly varying in 1) whether they shared recent breakup experiences and 2) their ability to leave comments. Participants perceiving audiences with shared experience showed more cognitive processing in their writing and reported increased post-traumatic growth at follow-up than participants perceiving general audiences. Those anticipating comments wrote less about emotions than those who did not. Mechanisms accounting for the benefits of shared experience warrant further investigation.
随着个人越来越多地在网上写下他们的痛苦经历，了解感知到的网络受众如何影响自我表露的效果就显得很重要。在一项实验中，参与者针对网络受众写下最近的分手经历，这些受众据称在以下两方面存在差异：1）他们是否分享过最近的分手经历；2）他们发表评论的能力。与那些认为受众是普通大众的参与者相比，那些认为受众有共同经历的参与者在写作中表现出更多的认知加工，并且在随访时报告的创伤后成长有所增加。那些预期会收到评论的参与者比那些没有这种预期的参与者更少书写情感内容。解释共同经历益处的机制值得进一步研究。
