Social intimacy
An important moderator of stressful life events
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11053252 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rickey S Miller (Psychology Department Toronto General Hospital Eaton BuildingUniversity Avenue Toronto Ontario Canada, corresponding author), Herbert M Lefcourt (Psychology Department Toronto General Hospital Eaton BuildingUniversity Avenue Toronto Ontario Canada) |
| Year | 1983 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 127-139 |
| Publication date | 1983-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Community Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0091-0562 • E-ISSN: 1573-2770 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1007/bf00894362 |
| PMID | 6869322 |
| OpenAlex | W2019914582 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 21 |
| References cited | 15 |
Two studies were conducted to explore the role of social intimacy in predicting the individual's response to stress. In the first study the experimenter reinforced the experimental subjects' verbalizations during an interview on a fixed schedule for the first 3 minutes, withdrawing reinforcement for the final 4 minutes. The control group received reinforcement on a fixed schedule for the total 7 minutes. Subjects scoring low on a measure of intimacy disclosed less personal material during the withdrawal period in the experimental condition than in the control condition in contrast to high scoring subjects who maintained their level of disclosure for both parts of the interview. In the second study, previously experienced life change events were assessed. Individuals lacking a current intimacy were found to be prone to higher levels of emotional disturbance especially when many previous negative or few positive life change events had occurred
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| Unique citing works | 21 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,49 |
| Citation span | 1983 - 2026 (44) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 20 |