Supportive Warmth Style
An emotionally supportive interaction style that conveys safety, belonging, and acceptance without forcing problem-solving. It denotes a graded stylistic quality of the exchange as perceived by the user.
Operational Definition
Graded condition: raters or the user rate the degree to which an exchange conveys warmth, acceptance, and non-pressuring support, on a defined scale across the segment. It is rated as an intensity, not counted as a discrete event.
Measurement Schema
Proposed measurement protocol (not yet empirically validated): Rater coding of supportive and warmth style on a 1-5 anchored scale (two raters, ICC for agreement), optionally complemented by a user-perceived-warmth self-report (1-7) per session.