PSYC 2301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Avery Publishing, Cheerleading

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2301
• Professor: Marina Milyavskaya

Document Summary

Perception or experience that one is loved and cared for by others. Types of social support: tangible assistance: material support (money, food, help with chores, informational support: giving advice, direction, and feedback about the stressful event and coping strategies, emotional support: make person feel valued and cared for. Gives individual comfort and reassurance with a sense of belonging: companionship support: ability of others to spend time with the person, thereby giving the individual a sense of belonging and membership. Direct effects hypothesis: social support benefits health and well-being regardless of the amount of stress people experience. Same benefit during stressful and nonstressful times. Buffering hypothesis: social support affects health by protecting the person against negative effects of high stress. Social support can help us cope and adapt to stress. Newer theory that suggests that social support may be helpful because it provides advice or resources that help us avoid or minimize exposure to stressful events and circumstances.