An experimental approach to communal coping

Autor:	Melissa Zajdel, Vicki S. Helgeson
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	Social support Coping (psychology) Sociology and Political Science Social Psychology Communication behavior and behavior mechanisms Developmental and Educational Psychology Physical health Experimental work Psychology Developmental psychology Variety (cybernetics) Communal coping
Zdroj:	Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. 38:1380-1400
ISSN:	1460-3608 0265-4075
Popis:	Communal coping has been linked to better psychological and physical health across a variety of stressful contexts. However, there has been no experimental work causally linking communal coping to relationship and health outcomes. In addition, research has emphasized the collaboration over the shared appraisal component of communal coping. The present study sought to isolate the role of appraisal by manipulating whether dyads viewed a stressor as shared or individual. Friend dyads (n = 64 dyads; 128 participants) were randomly assigned to view a stressor as either a shared or an individual problem, but both groups were allowed to work together. Across self-report and observational measures dyads reported more collaboration and support, better relationship outcomes, and more positive mood after the stressor in the shared than the individual appraisal group. This is the first laboratory evidence to establish causal links of communal coping—specifically shared appraisal—to positive relationship and health outcomes.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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