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The psychological costs of social support imbalance: Variation across relationship context and age.

ABSTRACT: Psychological well-being benefits of receiving social support are well-established. Growing evidence also suggests parallel benefits of giving support. However, much less attention has been given to understanding the psychological correlates of imbalance in giving and receiving social support. We examined associations between social support (given, received, and imbalance) and psychological well-being in multiple relationship types (friends, family, and spouse). Greater levels of both receiving and giving social support were independently associated with more favorable psychological well-being, while imbalance in the ratio of support given and received was associated with poorer psychological well-being. Findings varied between relationship types and across age.

SUBMITTER: Wang D

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7008943 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The psychological costs of social support imbalance: Variation across relationship context and age.

Wang Diana D Gruenewald Tara T

Journal of health psychology 20170201 12

Psychological well-being benefits of receiving social support are well-established. Growing evidence also suggests parallel benefits of giving support. However, much less attention has been given to understanding the psychological correlates of imbalance in giving and receiving social support. We examined associations between social support (given, received, and imbalance) and psychological well-being in multiple relationship types (friends, family, and spouse). Greater levels of both receiving ...[more]

PMID: 28810424

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The psychological costs of social support imbalance: Variation across relationship context and age.

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The psychological costs of social support imbalance: Variation across relationship context and age.

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