Computer technology is altering the

Computer technology is altering the way people cope with emotional distress. Computers enable people world wide and from all cultural groups to give and receive emotional support when it may be culturally stigmatizingto seek face-to-face support or when support services are limited or non-existent (McFadden & Jencius, 2000).Historically, people discussedemotional distress with someone they knew; withsomeone in a similarsituation; with a shaman, spiritual,or indigenous healer; with anacupuncturist, clergy, or mental health professional;or did not discuss theissue at all. Now, they can reside in remoteor sequestered locations (e.g.,Greenland or Fiji), in inaccessible locations (e.g., the AustralianOutbackor U.S. military bases on Guam or in Alaska's tundra), or in underservedlocations (e.g., Bangladesh or Appalachia) and seekemotional supportonline. (Finn, 1996).
Since the 1980's, people have been seekingsupport for their emotionaldistress with others in anonymous cybergroup settings called online supportgroups and online self-help groups. The popularity of these onlinegroups,henceforth called online supportgroups, has soared because of increasedaccess to reasonably priced computers and advances in technology. Theonline support group is a growing cyber service thatutilizes a computerand a modem connection to the Internet. People communicatewith otherswho are experiencing common issues suchas coping with physical abuse,HIV, sexual assault and the devastation of natural disasters,terrorism, orwar, to mention a few. They participate with a level of safety, privacy, andcontrol from the comfort of their home, publicor university library,community center, or computer center.
Online support groups attracta broad range of participants. Theyvary in age, occupation, gender, and marital status and discuss diverse issues;most are Caucasian (Davison, Pennebaker, & Dickerson, 2000).The rangeof participation is broader than the YAVIS-typeclient (young, attractive, verbal, intelligent, successful)(Schofield, 1964) who hasthe financialresources andtime to benefit fromtraditional Western face-to-facepsychotherapy (Hughes, 2000).

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Teknologi komputer adalah mengubah cara orang mengatasi tekanan emosional. Komputer memungkinkan dunia orang luas dan dari semua kelompok budaya untuk memberi dan menerima dukungan emosional ketika mungkin budaya stigmatizingto mencari dukungan tatap muka atau ketika layanan dukungan terbatas atau tidak ada (McFadden & Jencius, 2000) .Historically, orang distress discussedemotional dengan seseorang yang mereka kenal; withsomeone di similarsituation sebuah; dengan dukun, spiritual, atau penyembuh tradisional; dengan anacupuncturist, pendeta, atau profesional kesehatan mental, atau tidak membahas theissue sama sekali. Sekarang, mereka dapat berada di remoteor lokasi diasingkan (misalnya, Greenland atau Fiji), di lokasi tidak dapat diakses (misalnya, pangkalan militer AustralianOutbackor AS Guam atau di tundra Alaska), atau di underservedlocations (misalnya, Bangladesh atau Appalachia) dan supportonline seekemotional. (Finn, 1996).
Sejak tahun 1980-an, orang telah seekingsupport untuk emotionaldistress mereka dengan orang lain dalam pengaturan cybergroup anonim disebut supportgroups secara online dan secara online kelompok-kelompok swadaya. Popularitas onlinegroups ini, selanjutnya disebut supportgroups online, telah melonjak karena increasedaccess ke komputer dan kemajuan terjangkau dalam teknologi. Kelompok pendukung Theonline adalah layanan maya berkembang thatutilizes sebuah computerand koneksi modem ke Internet. Orang communicatewith otherswho mengalami masalah umum suchas mengatasi kekerasan fisik, HIV, kekerasan seksual dan kehancuran bencana alam, terorisme, orwar, untuk menyebutkan beberapa. Mereka berpartisipasi dengan tingkat keamanan, privasi, andcontrol dari kenyamanan rumah mereka, publicor perpustakaan universitas, pusat komunitas, atau pusat komputer.
Kelompok dukungan online Attracta berbagai peserta. Theyvary di usia, pekerjaan, jenis kelamin, dan status perkawinan dan membahas isu-isu yang beragam; kebanyakan Kaukasia (Davison, Pennebaker, & Dickerson, 2000) .suatu partisipasi rangeof lebih luas daripada Yavis-typeclient (muda, menarik, verbal, cerdas, sukses ) (Schofield, 1964) yang hasthe financialresources andtime untuk manfaat fromtraditional Barat tatap facepsychotherapy (Hughes, 2000).