Effects of social support visibility on adjustment to stress
Experimental evidence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6203695 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Niall Bolger (0000-0001-8698-8117, Columbia University), David Amarel (New York University) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 92 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 458-475 |
| Publication date | 2007-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/0022-3514.92.3.458 |
| PMID | 17352603 |
| OpenAlex | W2145109286 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 201 |
| References cited | 38 |
Previous fieldwork has suggested that visible social support can entail an emotional cost and that a supportive act is most effective when it is accomplished either (a) outside of recipients' awareness or (b) within their awareness but with sufficient subtlety that they do not interpret it as support. To investigate the latter phenomenon, the authors conducted 3 experiments in which female participants were led to expect a stressful speech task and a confederate peer provided support in such a way that it was either visible or invisible (N=257). Invisible support (practical and emotional) reduced emotional reactivity relative to visible and no support. Visible support was either ineffective or it exacerbated reactivity. Explanatory analyses indicated that support was effective when it avoided communicating a sense of inefficacy to recipients
Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Emotional support · Phenomenon · Reactivity (psychology) · Social support · Task (project management) · Visibility · Aging and Gerontology Research · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Health disparities and outcomes · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 11,17 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2026 (19) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 184 |