Online we are all able bodied : Online psychological sense of community and social support found through membership of disability-specific websites promotes well-being for people living with a…

By Patricia L. Obst, Jana Stafurik. 2010

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Social commerce: The transfer of power from sellers to buyers (2015, methodology): “Adopting questionnaire items from other validated research provides sound content validity (Gefen et al., 2003; Pavlou, 2003).”
Unrealized potential: Exploring the digital disability divide (2016, background): “… isolation that can accompany many disabilities is ameliorated through online communities composed of disability-focused chat rooms, listservs, discussion groups, blogs, or segments of virtual worlds (Brewer & Piper, 2016; Conrad & Stults, 2010; Hamill & Stein, 2011; Obst & Stafurik, 2010).”
#SocialMedia: Exploring the Relationship of Social Networking Sites on Body Image, Self-Esteem, and Eating Disorders (2017, background): “This circle of connectedness may influence psychosocial factors like BI, EBs, and SE, as past research had found a relationship between sense of community and well-being (i.e., happiness, worrying, and person coping; Davidson & Cotter, 1991; Obst & Stafurik, 2010).”
What Drives Social Commerce: The Role of Social Support and Relationship Quality (2011, background): “Social support has been found to be a major social value that Internet users can obtain from an online community [22, 36, 44].”