APS
30th APS Annual Convention
New Insights Into the Ingredients of Effective Social Support: Implications for Theory and Application
This symposium presents novel insights into the (in)effectiveness of social support. Cavallo investigates whether low self-esteem individuals receive unresponsive support. Lee examines how prompting recounting (vs. reconstrual) of painful experiences influences coping. Zee presents a new construct to enhance support’s self-regulatory effectiveness. Collins demonstrates how self-construal promotes effective support provision.
Chairs & Discussants
- Katherine ZeeChair
Columbia University - David LeeCoChair
The Ohio State University
Presentations
- How Recipients’ Self-Esteem Influences Perceived and Actual Provider Responsiveness in Support ContextsJustin Cavallo, Denise Marigold, Alexandra Hirniak
- When Talking to Others about Negative Experiences Helps—and When It Hurts: Processes Distinguishing Adaptive Vs. Maladaptive Social SupportDavid Lee, Ariana Orvell, Julia Briskin, Ozlem Ayduk, Susan Gelman, Oscar Ybarra, et al.
- Distinguishing Relational Benefits and Regulatory Benefits of Social SupportKatherine Zee, Niall Bolger, E. Tory Higgins
- The Communal Self: How Self-Construal Shapes Psychological, Physiological, and Behavioral Responses to a Partner’s StressorNancy Collins, Maire Ford, Heidi Kane, Lisa Jaremka
