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A new look at social support: A theoretical perspective on thriving through relationships

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Feeney, Brooke C., Collins, Nancy L.·2015·Personality and Social Psychology Review
DOI 10.1177/1088868314544222PMC PMC5480897
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Close and caring relationships are undeniably linked to health and well-being at all stages in the life span. Yet the specific pathways through which close relationships promote optimal well-being are not well understood. In this article, we present a model of thriving through relationships to provide a theoretical foundation for identifying the specific interpersonal processes that underlie the effects of close relationships on thriving. This model highlights two life contexts through which people may potentially thrive (coping successfully with life’s adversities and actively pursuing life opportunities for growth and development), it proposes two relational support functions that are fundamental to the experience of thriving in each life context, and it identifies mediators through which relational support is likely to have long-term effects on thriving. This perspective highlights the need for researchers to take a new look at social support by conceptualizing it as an interpersonal process with a focus on thriving.

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  • Positive relational experiences with a trusted adult can strengthen basic psychological resources that enable young people to regulate their emotions and behaviors.

    “Each positive relational experience with a trusted adult can strengthen the basic psychological resources that enable young people to regulate their emotions and behaviors”

    From Improving relationship quality in group care settings: The impact of implementing the CARE model (2020) · cites this paper as Feeney & Collins, 2015

    In “Situation-Relevant Behaviors, Resources, and Outcomes” (page unavailable), the paper predicts that receiving support improves self-regulation, including control of emotions and behavior. It does not establish that each positive experience with a trusted adult strengthens these resources in young people specifically; its prediction concerns supportive relationships more generally. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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  • Rich relational environments that stimulate positive social interaction among children and adults and foster a sense of belonging are essential for healthy growth and thriving in any child service setting.

    “Perhaps equally important, agencies must also focus on creating rich relational environments that stimulate positive social interaction among children and adults and foster a sense of belonging, factors that are essential for healthy growth and thriving in any child service setting (Allen & Tan, 2016;Baumeister & Leary, 1995;Feeney & Collins, 2015;Holt-Lunstad, Robles, & Sbarra, 2017;Pianta, Hamre”

    From Improving relationship quality in group care settings: The impact of implementing the CARE model (2020) · cites this paper as Feeney & Collins, 2015

    The ‘Relational Support Functions as Predictors of Thriving’ section says that well-functioning close relationships are fundamental to thriving, and ‘Elaboration on Support Functions’ describes a network of responsive relationships as an optimal environment. These passages support the general importance of relationships, but do not establish that agencies must create such environments or that they are essential in every child service setting. Page numbers were not available in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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Authors
Feeney, B. C., & Collins, N. L.
Affiliations
  • Carnegie Mellon University (US)
  • University of California, Santa Barbara (US)
ORCID
Venue
Personality and Social Psychology Review
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2014-08-14
Volume
19
Issue
2
Pages
113-147
ISSN
  • 1088-8683 (ISSN-L)
  • 1532-7957
DOI
10.1177/1088868314544222
PMC
PMC5480897
OpenAlex
W2158540082
Cited by
1,521
References
60
Citations by year
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FWCI
66.56
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
  • Personality and Social Psychology Review (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
  • PubMed
Funders
National Institute on Aging (R01AG032370)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology › Aging and Gerontology Research
Keywords
social support, thriving, close relationships, interpersonal processes, coping with adversity, growth and development, well-being, lifespan development
MeSH terms
Adaptation, Psychological, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Mental Health, Models, Psychological, Object Attachment, Psychological Theory, Social Support, Resilience, Psychological

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