Withholding Social Support Because Those in Need Do Not Deserve It: A Thematic Narrative Analysis

IF 4.9 1区文学 Q1 COMMUNICATION

Communication Research Pub Date : 2023-03-27 DOI:10.1177/00936502221146629

Colter D. Ray, Kristina M. Scharp, Emily Parker, Dana E. Donohoe

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Abstract

Close relationships have norms and expectations regarding the communication of support; however, recent research has illuminated the varied reasons why would-be supporters at times choose to forgo supporting those who are facing difficulties. One such reason is the perception that the other person is undeserving of support. The researchers conducted 28 semi-structured interviews with those who withheld support because they did not believe the other person deserved support. The researchers analyzed the transcripts using thematic narrative analysis, which yielded three identities that nonsupporters construct for themselves and five identities they constructed for those who were undeserving of support. Additionally, certain self-identities tended to co-occur (i.e., align) with certain undeserving identities. These findings provide practical insight into the dilemma of not providing support to others, as well as further support for narrative research that contends people create identities for both the self and others.

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因为需要帮助的人不值得而拒绝社会支持：主题叙事分析

亲密关系有关于支持沟通的规范和期望;然而，最近的研究揭示了为什么可能的支持者有时会选择放弃支持那些面临困难的人的各种原因。其中一个原因是认为另一个人不值得支持。研究人员对那些因为认为对方不值得支持而拒绝给予支持的人进行了28次半结构化访谈。研究人员利用主题叙事分析分析了这些记录，得出了非支持者为自己构建的三种身份，以及他们为那些不值得支持的人构建的五种身份。此外，某些自我认同倾向于与某些不值得的认同共同出现(即一致)。这些发现为不为他人提供支持的困境提供了实用的见解，并进一步支持了认为人们为自我和他人创造身份的叙事研究。

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Communication Research COMMUNICATION-

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期刊介绍： Empirical research in communication began in the 20th century, and there are more researchers pursuing answers to communication questions today than at any other time. The editorial goal of Communication Research is to offer a special opportunity for reflection and change in the new millennium. To qualify for publication, research should, first, be explicitly tied to some form of communication; second, be theoretically driven with results that inform theory; third, use the most rigorous empirical methods; and fourth, be directly linked to the most important problems and issues facing humankind. Critieria do not privilege any particular context; indeed, we believe that the key problems facing humankind occur in close relationships, groups, organiations, and cultures.