000			01520nam a2200229Ia 4500
008			241010s2007 xx 000 0 und d
040			_cManila Tytana Colleges
100			_aStrazdins, Lyndall. _914203
245		4	_aThe mental health costs and benefits of giving social support / _cLyndall Strazdins, Dorothy H. Broom
260			_cNovember 2007
336			_atext
337			_avolume
338			_aunmediated
440			_n14 : 4, pages 370-385 _aInternational Journal of Stress Management _914204
520			_aIs giving support neutral, beneficial or costly to mental health? The authors identified 2 types of support--companionship and help--and conceptualized their provision as emotional labor. Companionship involves showing care to people, building feelings of happiness, pride, and belonging, whereas help involves assisting with feelings of distress, anger, and conflict and is potentially much more stressful. Using survey data (N=398), the authors found that companionship and help showed opposite associations with support givers' mental health; companionship was associated with fewer depressive symptoms, whereas help was associated with more. Social support helps recipients cope with stress and distress, but it may also affect people who give it, with consequences depending on the type of support given.
521			_aPsychology.
650			_aCosts of caring. _914205
650			_aEmotional labor. _914206
650			_aEmotional work. _914207
650			_aSocial support.
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