Afrontar la diversidad entre adolescentes: Eficacia de las narrativas personales en webs de apoyo
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Compartir, leer y responder a narraciones personales en webs de apoyo entre iguales puede tanto fortalecer como
amenazar la confianza de los adolescentes para hacer frente a los acontecimientos estresantes (es decir, la autoeficacia
como estrategia de afrontamiento). Los principios de la escritura expresiva, el intercambio social de emociones, la
persuasión narrativa y los efectos en uno mismo pueden proporcionar información sobre la forma en que esas acciones
pueden relacionarse con la autoeficacia como estrategia de afrontamiento. Mediante una encuesta transversal en línea
con 311 adolescentes de habla holandesa de entre 14 y 18 años, este artículo explora cómo estas acciones y los motivos
del apoyo social (es decir, la búsqueda de información y la búsqueda de apoyo emocional) se relacionan con la
autoeficacia de los adolescentes como estrategia de afrontamiento tras usar la web de apoyo entre iguales. Los resultados
muestran que la experiencia de los usuarios al leer y responder a narraciones personales no estaba relacionada con su
autoeficacia de afrontamiento. Sin embargo, se encontró una relación negativa entre la experiencia de compartir una
narración personal y la autoeficacia, por lo que los usuarios no percibieron que el sitio web fuera útil para su confianza
general a la hora de hacer frente a acontecimientos estresantes. No obstante, esta relación negativa se invirtió cuando
también tenían el objetivo de encontrar apoyo emocional con sus iguales
Sharing, reading and responding to personal narratives on peer-to-peer support websites may provide adolescents with informational and emotional support to feel more confident in coping with stressful events. However, their use may also pose a threat to adolescents’ coping self-efficacy. Principles of expressive writing, social sharing of emotions, narrative persuasion and self-effects may provide insight in how these actions may both positively and negatively relate to coping self-efficacy. By using a cross-sectional online survey with 311 Dutch-speaking adolescents between the ages of 14 and 18, this article explores how these actions and social support motives (i.e. information-seeking and emotional supportseeking) are related to adolescents’ perceptions about the usefulness of these websites to their coping self-efficacy. The results showed a positive relation between adolescents’ social support motives and their belief in the usefulness of these websites to their coping self-efficacy. Therefore, we conclude that it may be an effective coping strategy for many adolescents. There was a negative relation between experience with sharing a personal narrative and coping self-efficacy, meaning that these users did not perceive the website to be helpful to their overall confidence in coping with stressful events. However, this negative relation was reversed when they were motivated to find emotional support with similar others
Sharing, reading and responding to personal narratives on peer-to-peer support websites may provide adolescents with informational and emotional support to feel more confident in coping with stressful events. However, their use may also pose a threat to adolescents’ coping self-efficacy. Principles of expressive writing, social sharing of emotions, narrative persuasion and self-effects may provide insight in how these actions may both positively and negatively relate to coping self-efficacy. By using a cross-sectional online survey with 311 Dutch-speaking adolescents between the ages of 14 and 18, this article explores how these actions and social support motives (i.e. information-seeking and emotional supportseeking) are related to adolescents’ perceptions about the usefulness of these websites to their coping self-efficacy. The results showed a positive relation between adolescents’ social support motives and their belief in the usefulness of these websites to their coping self-efficacy. Therefore, we conclude that it may be an effective coping strategy for many adolescents. There was a negative relation between experience with sharing a personal narrative and coping self-efficacy, meaning that these users did not perceive the website to be helpful to their overall confidence in coping with stressful events. However, this negative relation was reversed when they were motivated to find emotional support with similar others







