The Effects of Daily Support Transactions During Acute Stress: Results from a Diary Study of Bar Exam Preparation

Shrout, Patrick E.; Bolger, Niall; Iida, Masumi; Burke, Christopher T.; Gleason, Marci E. J.; Lane, Sean P.

doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195380170.003.0007

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“…In a later study of a different sample, Shrout et al. () also found that practical support generally had no costs, and it sometimes had benefits for a range of moods related to distress.…”

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“…() and Shrout et al. (). Specifically, we examine personality traits linked to stress reactivity (i.e., neuroticism), with interpersonal implications (i.e., agreeableness) and relational underpinnings (i.e., attachment anxiety and avoidance).…”

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“…Firstly, consider reverse causation (Figure , Panel A): Increased distress on a given day may not have resulted from the support transaction, but instead may have been what motivated the provider to initiate the support transaction in the first place (e.g., Iida et al., , where the recipient's distress predicted subsequent support from the provider). In our diary work, we have sought to account for this possibility by adjusting for distress level prior to the support act (Shrout et al., ). Furthermore, in a simulation study, we found that reverse causation could not account for the empirical findings when such adjustments are made (Seidman, Shrout, & Bolger, 2006).…”

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“…Finally, Shrout et al. () found little evidence that stress intensity affected the cost of support receipt. Further research investigating a wider variety of stressors will be necessary to clarify the processes affected by changes in stress level and to identify the implications of these processes for the costs of support receipt.…”

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Understanding the Costs of Support Transactions in Daily Life

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The benefits of close relationships for mental and physical health are well documented. One of the mechanisms presumed to underlie these effects is social support, whereby close others provide practical and emotional assistance in times of need. Although there is no doubt that generalized perceptions of support availability are beneficial, research examining actual instances of support receipt has found unexpectedly mixed results. Receiving support sometimes has positive effects, but null or even negative effects are common. In this article, we review our multimethod program of research that seeks to understand and explain the costs of receiving social support. We focus on reductions in the recipient's sense of relationship equity and self-efficacy as mechanisms of this effect and examine a number of other moderating factors. Although we have found that receiving support incurs costs on average, there is considerable variability yet to be explained. Using diary data from 312 persons preparing to take a challenging exam, we examined the potential of individual differences in neuroticism, agreeableness, and attachment insecurity to explain variability in experienced support costs. We close with new questions about why received support may be beneficial or benign in some situations while being especially toxic in others.

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“…In a later study of a different sample, Shrout et al. () also found that practical support generally had no costs, and it sometimes had benefits for a range of moods related to distress.…”

Section: How Does Receiving Support Incur Costs?mentioning

confidence: 97%

Section: How Does Receiving Support Incur Costs?mentioning

confidence: 98%

Section: How Does Receiving Support Incur Costs?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: How Does Receiving Support Incur Costs?mentioning

confidence: 99%

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“…It also allowed us to interpret the outcomes as changes from the prior day. Finally, adjusting for daily stressors allowed us to reduce our concern that the stress which prompted support in the first place, accounted for both the reported daily support and the affective/relational outcomes (Shrout et al, 2010). Of course, even with these adjustments, we cannot claim a causal association or rule out other mechanisms, which may explain the asymmetrical associations of support and outcomes.…”

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Bar‐Kalifa

Rafaeli

2014

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

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The current study tests an explanation inspired by social baseline theory (Beckes & Coan, 2011. Social baseline theory: The role of social proximity in emotion and economy of action. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 5, 976-988. doi:10.1111Compass, 5, 976-988. doi:10. /j.1751Compass, 5, 976-988. doi:10. -9004.2011.00400) for the mixed blessings associated with received emotional support from one's partner. We reason that the receipt of emotional support engenders benefits only up to individualized baseline points-that is, support effects will be nonmonotonic. In two dyadic daily-diary samples (N ¼ 38/80 couples, over 21/35 days, respectively), we used piecewise multilevel modeling, finding support for our hypotheses. Receiving emotional support exceeding one's baseline was associated with little affective change; receiving emotional support falling short of one's baseline was consistently associated with worsened moods and relationship feelings. This work highlights the importance of individuals' baseline levels as reference or comparison points for understanding support's effects.

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The influence of online social support on health self‐management among gay men living with HIV in China

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Zheng,

Xiang

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Community & Applied Soc Psy

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Gay men living with HIV/AIDS (GMLHA) in China face the dual discrimination from stigmatization of HIV/AIDS and the marginalization of sexual orientation. Online social communities have become an increasingly important channel for them to seek and share health information. This study aims to examine the actual impact of online social support exchange on GMLHA's health self‐management in China. In this study, results of a questionnaire survey conducted in China's Weibo community (N = 303) showed that offering online social support can positively predict both physical and psychological health self‐management. Moreover, receiving online social support in the GMLHA online community can enhance the HIV/AIDS patient's mental health self‐management but does not forecast an improvement in the physical health self‐management level. Please refer to the Supplementary Material section to find this article's Community and Social Impact Statement.

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The Effects of Daily Support Transactions During Acute Stress: Results from a Diary Study of Bar Exam Preparation

Cited by 48 publications

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Understanding the Costs of Support Transactions in Daily Life

Understanding the Costs of Support Transactions in Daily Life

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The influence of online social support on health self‐management among gay men living with HIV in China

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