A Measure of Weak-Tie/Strong-Tie Support Network Preference

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Toward an Integrated and Differential Approach to the Relationships Between Loneliness, Different Types of Facebook Use, and Adolescents’ Depressed Mood (2020, background): “…seekers might be afraid to request support from those who are believed to be better off, as research has shown that support seekers might turn more easily to online health-related support groups (e.g., Wright & Miller, 2010) because those who participate might be in a more similar situation.”
The Social Dimension of Blogging about Health: Health Blogging, Social Support, and Well-being (2011, background): “Theorizing about weak ties (Granovetter, 1973, 1982; Wright & Miller, 2010) and the role of facework in social support (Goldsmith, 1992, 1994) suggests at least two reasons that blogging might serve as a mechanism to marshal social support from both strong and weak ties and, as a result, foster…”
Social Networks, Interpersonal Social Support, and Health Outcomes: A Health Communication Perspective (2016, background): “Research has found that this often happens when an individual is seeking support for a stigmatized health condition (Wolitski et al., 2008; Wright and Miller, 2010; Wright and Rains, 2013).”