The Effect of Grief on HIV Patients™ Need for Informational and Emotional Support

Presenter Information

Ruochen Liao, University at Buffalo, The State University of New YorkFollow
Rajiv Kishore, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Darshan Mahendra Bagul, McKinsey & CompanyFollow

Description

We apply stage theory of grief to study how HIV/AIDS patients™ emotional states affect their social support seeking behavior (i) in online communities. We propose that support seekers (i) have different preferences for informational and emotional support

Recommended Citation

Liao, Ruochen; Kishore, Rajiv; and Bagul, Darshan Mahendra, "The Effect of Grief on HIV Patients™ Need for Informational and Emotional Support" (2018). ICIS 2018 Proceedings. 18.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/icis2018/social/Presentations/18