Emotional Support (Social Support)

Voluntariado y apoyo emocional a la familia cuidadora

by Nuria Garro-Gil

Factors Associated with Posttraumatic Growth Among Myocardial Infarction Patients: Perceived Social Support, Perception of the Event and Coping

by Mithat Durak

Key Words: Posttraumatic growth, Perceived social support, Perception of the event, Coping, Myocardial infarction patients

Posttraumatic Growth (PTG) is accepted as positive transformations that are a product of struggling with significant... more Posttraumatic Growth (PTG) is accepted as positive transformations that are a product of struggling with significant stressors such as chronic illness. A model, conceptualized by Schaefer and Moos (Posttraumatic growth: Positive changes in the aftermath of crisis, pp 99–126, 1998), suggests a relative contribution of environmental and individual resources, perception of the event (PE) and coping in the development of PTG. The aim of the present study was to examine the effect of perceived social support (PSS), PE and coping on PTG. This model was tested in a sample of patients with myocardial infarction (MIP, N = 148) from various hospitals in Turkey. The structural equation analysis of the model revealed that PSS was significantly related to PTG through the effect of coping. While coping was significantly and directly related to PTG, PE was not. The findings are discussed in the context of the theoretical model with suggestions for future research.

How and when does emotional expression help?

by Eileen Kennedy-Moore

By Kennedy-Moore, Eileen; Watson, Jeanne C.
Review of General Psychology, Vol 5(3), Sep 2001, 187-212.

Depressive symptoms and unmitigated communion in support providers

by Nico W. Van Yperen

The Effect of Social Support and Coping Style On Mental Health, Tedium (burnout), and Job Duration among Sydney Community Youth Support Scheme Project Officers.

by Adam Bogacki

In the study reported here, 65 Sydney Community Youth Support Scheme (CYSS) project officers (76% of the population)... more In the study reported here, 65 Sydney Community Youth Support Scheme (CYSS) project officers (76% of the population) were interviewed and completed questionnaires which assessed psychiatric symptoms (GHQ-60), Tedium (a measure of burnout), employment duration, social support, coping, personality factors (Eysenck Personality Inventory, Form A), and sociodemographics. Eleven of these subjects were re-interviewed after (approx.) 6 months.

Results were that 33.8% of respondents had GHQ above threshold at the time of interview, 60% having been employed at CYSS for less than 1.33 years. Content analysis of GHQ, Tedium, and Neuroticism (EPI) scales showed significant item content overlap. N was therefore excluded from further analysis. It was shown that reduced models of Adequacy of Social Integration, part-time trade or technical college education, and experience in other youth unemployment schemes had most predictive power on Log10(GHQ+1); of Age and previous experience in residential child care work on Tedium; and of Age, non-work emotion focused coping, and Adequacy of Attachment on Log10(DAP+1).

It was concluded that burnout may be conceptualised as occupational stress and related to psychiatric dysfunction, but that ‘Tedium’ is not an adequate measure of the construct. Evaluation of support function adequacy appears to be a significant factor influencing distress and staff retention. Lack of significant coping effects on distress appears to reflect conceptual confusion in this area. A model integrating personal and social resources seems promising but needs testing.

A short scale on emotional social support based on the F-SozU-K14: Comparison analyses with classical and probabilistic test theory

by Juliane Hardt

Stehr M, Hardt J, von Lengerke T. [A short scale on emotional social support based on the F-SozU-K14: Comparison analyses with classical and probabilistic test theory].[Abstract in German]. Gesundheitswesen 2010;72. DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1266259

Explaining the relationships among message quality, message evaluations, and message outcomes: A dual-process approach

by Graham Bodie

To be published as Bodie, G. D., Burleson, B. R., & Jones, S. M. (in press). Explaining the relationships among message quality, message evaluations, and message outcomes: A dual-process approach. Communication Monographs.

What women know and feel about social support that men don’t

by Graham Bodie

Published as Burleson, B. R., Hanasono, L. K., Bodie, G. D., Holmstrom, A. J., McCullough, J. D., Gill-Rosier, J., Rack, J. J. (2009). What women know and feel about social support that men don’t: Two tests of a dual-process approach to explaining sex differences in responses to supportive messages. Sex Roles, 61, 265-280.

Bereaved adults' evaluations of grief management messages: Effects of message person centeredness, recipient individual differences, and contextual factors

by Graham Bodie

Published as Rack, J. J., Burleson, B. R., Bodie, G. D., Holmstrom, A. J., & Servaty-Seib, H. (2008). Bereaved adults’ evaluations of grief management messages: Effects of message person centeredness, recipient individual differences, and contextual factors. Death Studies, 32, 399-427.

Explaining the impact of attachment style on evaluations of supportive messages: A dual-process framework

by Graham Bodie

Explaining the Impact of Recipient Attachment on Evaluations of Supportive Messages: A Dual-Process Approach

by Graham Bodie

Published as Bodie, G. D., Burleson, B. R., Gill-Rosier, J., McCullough, J. D., Holmstrom, A. J., Rack, J. J., Hanasano, L., & Mincy, J. (2011). Explaining the impact of attachment style on evaluations of supportive messages: A dual-process framework. Communication Research, 38, 228-247.

What Women Know and Feel about Social Support that Men Don't: Two Tests of a Dual-Process Approach to Explaining Sex Differences in Responses to Supportive …

by Graham Bodie

The nature of supportive listening II: The role of verbal person centeredness and nonverbal immediacy

by Graham Bodie

Co-authored with Susanne Jones, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. To be published in Western Journal of Communication, 2012

This study examines an untested research assumption that a key component of supportive communication is active... more This study examines an untested research assumption that a key component of supportive communication is active listening. Participants (N = 383) viewed a five-minute conversation featuring a person who disclosed an emotionally upsetting event to a confederate who provided emotional support that varied in verbal person centeredness (VPC) and nonverbal immediacy (NVI).  Participants then evaluated the extent to which the support provider was an active listener.  Results showed that helpers who used higher levels of both VPC and NVI were rated as better listeners than those who used less person-centered and immediate support, although effect sizes were small.  Results were also dependent on the operationalization of active listening.

Effects of cognitive complexity and emotional upset on processing supportive messages: Two tests of a dual-process theory of supportive message outcomes

by Graham Bodie

Supporting preservice teachers' reform-based practices: The importance of intellectual and emotional support in a community

by Jennifer Richards

Conference paper accompanying a talk at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.