Perceived and Capitalization Support Are Substantially Similar: Implications for Social Support Theory

Shorey, Ryan C.; Lakey, Brian

doi:10.1177/0146167211406507

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“…Behavioral observation studies of established relationships and experimental manipulations with strangers have yielded the same results. Most relevant to the present research, Shorey and Lakey (2011) reported that perceptions of typical capitalization responses were correlated with perceived availability of support for negative events.…”

Section: Support For Positive Events and Successesmentioning

confidence: 70%

Safely testing the alarm: Close others' responses to personal positive events.

Gable¹,

Gosnell²,

Maisel

et al. 2012

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

688

155

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Previous research has shown that receiving social support in the face of negative events (i.e., enacted support) is sometimes correlated with positive outcomes, sometimes unrelated to outcomes, and sometimes associated with negative outcomes. However, people's perception that they have high-quality support available to them when they have a stressor (i.e., perceived support) is consistently and strongly associated with better health, well-being, and relationship functioning. However, both enacted and perceived support available in response to positive event disclosures are consistently associated with positive outcomes. In 2 studies, we examined why enacted support for negative events has such a spotty record and compared it with enacted support for positive events; a third study examined how support for positive events may be a major contributor to perceived availability of effective support for negative events. The results showed that providing responsive support to negative events is particularly difficult; received support for negative events disclosures (but not positive event disclosures) involves substantial drawbacks and risks, especially when that support is not responsive to the recipient's needs; and that enacted support for positive events was a better predictor of later perceptions of the quality of available support for stressors than enacted support for negative events. Findings are discussed in terms of implications for the social support literature and how positive relationship processes influence health and well-being, not only directly but also indirectly by providing critical information regarding the availability of others if a problem occurs.

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Section: Support For Positive Events and Successesmentioning

confidence: 70%

Safely testing the alarm: Close others' responses to personal positive events.

Gable¹,

Gosnell²,

Maisel

et al. 2012

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

688

155

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“…A supportive response style was negatively correlated with passive and destructive response tendencies. The PRCA has been shown to be valid as evidenced by strong positive associations with observer ratings of responses to capitalization attempts (Gable et al., 2006) and positive correlations with perceived social support (Shorey & Lakey, 2011). As for validity, people who tend to receive supportive responses from their partner following positive event disclosures report greater personal well-being, relationship quality, and relationship longevity (Gable et al., 2004, 2006; Reis et al., 2010).…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Failure to capitalize on sharing good news with romantic partners: Exploring positivity deficits of socially anxious people with self-reports, partner-reports, and behavioral observations

Kashdan

Ferssizidis

Farmer

et al. 2013

Behaviour Research and Therapy

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Extending prior work on social anxiety and positivity deficits, we examined whether individual differences in social anxiety alter the ability to share and respond to the good news of romantic partners (i.e., capitalization support) and how this influences romantic relationship satisfaction and commitment. In this study of 174 heterosexual couples (average age of 21.5 with 58.3% identifying as Caucasian), greater social anxiety was associated with the provision and receipt of less supportive responses to shared positive events as measured by trait questionnaires, partner reports, and behavioral observations in the laboratory. In longitudinal analyses, individuals in romantic relationships with socially anxious partners who experienced inadequate capitalization support were more likely to terminate their relationship and report a decline in relationship quality six months later. As evidence of construct specificity, social anxiety effects were independent of depressive symptoms. Taken together, social anxiety influenced a person's ability to receive and provide support for shared positive events; these deficits had adverse romantic consequences. Researchers and clinicians may better understand social anxiety by exploring a wider range of interpersonal contexts and positive constructs. The addition of capitalization support to the social anxiety literature offers new insights into interpersonal approaches and treatments.

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“…Social support refers to a network of connections with other human beings that can provide positive assistance, support, guidance, and help for a person (Harvey, 2014;Shorey & Lakey, 2011;Thoits, 2011). As Taylor (2011) pointed out, "social support can also involve simply the perception that such resources are available, should they be needed" (p. 193).…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As noted by Colvin, Cullen, and Vander Ven (2002), "organized networks of human relations can assist people in meeting both expressive and instrumental needs, which prevents crime" (p. 24). Social support can also help reduce the chances of mental and physical problems from strains (Shorey & Lakey, 2011). In addition, social support can help workers deal with the problems and strains that they encounter in the workplace (Keinan & Maslach-Pines, 2007;Neveu, 2007).…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%