The Impact of Advice Seeker’s Expectations on Perceived Advice

• In Event: Perceptions of the Effectiveness of Supportive Messages in Interpersonal Relationships

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to explore the different kinds of expectations that advice seekers have, and the relationships between expectation types and facework, receptiveness to advice, the content characteristics of advice, and advice message outcomes. This study (n=124) reports that there are positive associations between three expectations (direction, venting, and emotional support) and face work, as well as between direction expectation and receptiveness to advice.

Authors

• Sunkyung Kim, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa

• Carol Mills, University of Alabama