The Message Design Logics of Responses to HIV Disclosures

dc.contributor.authorCaughlin, John P.
dc.contributor.authorBrashers, Dale E.
dc.contributor.authorRamey, Mary E.
dc.contributor.authorKosenko, Kami A.
dc.contributor.authorDonovan-Kicken, Erin
dc.contributor.authorBute, Jennifer J.
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-15T19:50:35Z
dc.date.available2014-08-15T19:50:35Z
dc.date.issued2008-10
dc.description.abstractThis article uses the theory of message design logics to investigate the relative sophistication of responses to disclosure of HIV status. In Study 1, 548 college students imagined a sibling revealing an HIV-positive diagnosis. Their responses to the HIV disclosures were coded as expressive (n= 174), conventional (n= 298), or rhetorical (n= 66). Type of message produced was associated with gender and HIV aversion. In Study 2, 459 individuals living with HIV rated response messages that were taken verbatim from Study 1. Expressive messages were rated lowest in quality, and rhetorical messages were rated highest. The discussion focuses on the utility of message design logics for understanding responses to HIV disclosures and the implications for message design logics.en_US
dc.identifier.citationCaughlin, J. P., Brashers, D. E., Ramey, M. E., Kosenko, K. A., Donovan‐Kicken, E., & Bute, J. J. (2008). The message design logics of responses to HIV disclosures. Human Communication Research, 34(4), 655-684.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1805/4874
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.subjectmessage design logicsen_US
dc.subjectHIV disclosuresen_US
dc.titleThe Message Design Logics of Responses to HIV Disclosuresen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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