Information Processing Approaches to the Study of Relationship and Social Support Schemata

The present study investigated whether a social information processing bias contributes to the inverse association between trait hostility and perceived social support. A sample of 104 undergraduates (50 men) completed a measure of hostility and rated videotaped interactions in which a speaker disclosed a problem while a listener reacted ambiguously. Results showed that hostile persons rated listeners as less friendly and socially supportive across six conversations, although the nature of the hostility effect varied by sex, target rated, and manner in which support was assessed. Hostility and target interactively impacted ratings of support and affiliation only for men. At least in part, a social information processing bias could contribute to hostile persons' perceptions of their social networks.

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Dilemma of Hotel Reviews: The Role of Information Processing and Validation through Metacognition

Journal of Travel Research ◽

10.1177/0047287520938863 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 004728752093886

Author(s):

GuoQiong Ivanka Huang ◽

IpKin Anthony Wong ◽

Rob Law

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Information Processing ◽

Personal Information ◽

Online Reviews ◽

Social Forces ◽

Social Commerce ◽

Persuasive Message ◽

Online Social Support ◽

The Impact

A comprehensive model is proposed to understand how travelers manage copious and even competing online reviews through a validation process, by examining the impact of social support, persuasive message compliance, persuasive message resistance, and metacognition on tourists’ willingness to be involved in social commerce. Based on the theories of signaling and reactance, the model explores how social forces, such as online social support and personal information-processing drivers (i.e., information processing and validating procedure), can explain customers’ social commerce intentions. A survey of tourists in 61 mid- to high-end hotels indicates that social support is positively related to persuasive message compliance, resistance, and social commerce intention. The findings indicate that persuasive message compliance and resistance mediate the relationship between social support and social commerce intention, whereas the mediation relationships are conditioned on metacognition.

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Host country national support to expatriates: a motivated information processing perspective

Cross Cultural & Strategic Management ◽

10.1108/ccsm-05-2021-0093 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Young-Jae Yoon ◽

Arup Varma ◽

Anastasia Katou ◽

Youngjae Cha ◽

Soohyun Lee

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Information Processing ◽

Host Country ◽

Social Motivation ◽

Content Type ◽

Expatriate Adjustment ◽

Host Country Nationals ◽

Epistemic Motivation ◽

The Usa ◽

Motivated Information Processing

PurposeThe support of host country nationals (HCNs) is a key determinant of expatriate adjustment and performance. The purpose of this paper is to explore underlying motivations for their support to expatriates. Previous research has shown that HCNs with pro-social motivation are more likely to help expatriates. Drawing upon motivated information processing in groups (MIP-G) theory, the authors test whether epistemic motivation moderates the observed relationship between pro-social motivation and HCNs’ support toward expatriates.Design/methodology/approachThe authors ran two correlational studies (N = 267) in the USA (Study 1) and South Korea (Study 2). Across two studies, epistemic motivation and social motivation were measured using their multiple proxies validated in previous research. The authors also measured HCNs’ willingness to offer role information and social support to a hypothetical expatriate worker.FindingsResults lend support to our hypotheses that pro-social HCNs are more willing than pro-self HCNs to provide role information and social support to the expatriates, but this occurs only when they have high rather than low epistemic motivation.Originality/valueThe current paper contributes the literature on HCNs helping expatriates by qualifying the prior results that a pro-social motivation (e.g. agreeableness and collectivism) increases the willingness of HCNs to help expatriates. As hypothesized, this study found that that case is only true when HCNs have high, rather than low, epistemic motivation. Also, previous research on MIP-G theory has mainly focused on the performance of small groups (e.g. negotiation, creativity and decision-making). To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this research is the first attempt to test MIP-G theory in the context of HCNs helping expatriates.

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The Role of Information Processing Speed in Clinical and Social Support Variables of Patients with Multiple Sclerosis

Journal of Clinical Neurology ◽

10.3988/jcn.2018.14.4.472 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 14 (4) ◽

pp. 472 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

María Bárbara Eizaguirre ◽

Sandra Vanotti ◽

Ángeles Merino ◽

Cecilia Yastremiz ◽

Berenice Silva ◽

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Keyword(s):

Multiple Sclerosis ◽

Social Support ◽

Information Processing ◽

Processing Speed ◽

Information Processing Speed ◽

Role Of Information

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Language processing is not a race against time

Behavioral and Brain Sciences ◽

10.1017/s0140525x15000692 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 39 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Giosuè Baggio ◽

Carmelo M. Vicario

Keyword(s):

Information Processing ◽

Human Brain ◽

Language Processing ◽

Cognitive Functions ◽

Memory Systems ◽

Language System ◽

Moderating Factors

AbstractWe agree with Christiansen & Chater (C&C) that language processing and acquisition are tightly constrained by the limits of sensory and memory systems. However, the human brain supports a range of cognitive functions that mitigate the effects of information processing bottlenecks. The language system is partly organised around these moderating factors, not just around restrictions on storage and computation.

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