Providing emotional support and daily emotional well-being among undergraduate students during the Covid-19 pandemic
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2917278 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Danny Rahal (0000-0001-9302-4295, University of California, Santa Cruz, corresponding author), Armaan Singh (0000-0003-2326-3471, Boston University) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 2192-2218 |
| Publication date | 2024-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0265-4075 • E-ISSN: 1460-3608 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/02654075241234823 |
| OpenAlex | W4392241594 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 42 |
Receiving emotional support can improve one's emotional well-being, but findings have been mixed regarding whether providing emotional support to friends and family can also improve the provider's emotional well-being. Providing emotional support could be impactful during the COVID-19 pandemic, when individuals may be particularly in need of emotional support and social connection. Therefore, the present study assessed whether providing emotional support was related to role fulfillment and enhanced emotional well-being on a day-to-day basis during the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants ( N = 167; Mage = 20.42, SD = 2.30; 73.1% female; 40.1% Asian, 18. 6% Latinx, 16.8% white) completed up to eight daily checklists ( Mchecklists = 6.54, SD = 2.10) in which they reported whether they provided emotional support to their friends and to their parents, their role fulfillment (i.e., the extent to which they felt like a good son/daughter and friend), and the degree of positive and negative emotion they were feeling. Participants reported higher positive emotion and lower negative emotion on days when they provided emotional support to friends, but not to parents, with potentially stronger associations in-person than virtually. Participants also reported higher role fulfillment as a good son/daughter and a good friend on days when they provided emotional support, and role fulfillment significantly mediated associations between providing emotional support and daily emotion. Taken together, results suggested that providing emotional support to friends-particularly in-person-was related to better emotional well-being by promoting a sense of role fulfillment as a good friend. Providing emotional support may provide one means for reinforcing social relationships and promoting emotional well-being during times of social isolation
Burnout · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Daughter · Developmental psychology · Emotional exhaustion · Emotional expression · Emotional support · Emotional well-being · Feeling · Psychotherapist · Social support · Well-being · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Clinical Psychology · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 2 |
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| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |