When we say “perceived support,” what do we mean? Contexts and components of support among people with serious medical conditions

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dc.contributor.authorRivers, Alannah Shelby
dc.contributor.authorSanford, Keith
dc.creator.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8826-4606
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-27T16:08:49Z
dc.date.available2023-03-27T16:08:49Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.descriptionArticle originally published in Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 37(10-11), 2758–2778. English. Published online 2020. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407520937350
dc.description.abstractPerceived social support is important for numerous health outcomes in people with serious medical conditions; however, previous studies have targeted different assessment contexts (including single people or partnered people reporting on either general or relationship-specific support) and different components of perceived support (including positive and negative interactions and support availability). The present study investigated potential functional differences across these contexts and components. A sample of 340 people with serious medical conditions were recruited via market research panels to complete online questionnaires. The sample included three assessment context groups and participants completed scales assessing three components of perceived support along with criterion variables regarding treatment adherence, affect, coping, and aspects of general psychological functioning. Results suggested a high degree of functional invariance across the different assessment contexts, but important distinctions between the different components of perceived support. Following theoretical expectations, each component explained unique variance in different sets of criterion variables. Results suggest that it is meaningful for researchers to generalize across assessment contexts, but important to distinguish between components of perceived support.en_US
dc.identifier.citationThis is the post-print of an article that is available at https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407520937350. Recommended citation: Rivers, A. S., & Sanford, K. (2020). When we say “perceived support,” what do we mean? Contexts and components of support among people with serious medical conditions. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 37(10-11), 2758–2778. This item has been deposited in accordance with publisher copyright and licensing terms and with the author’s permission.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11274/14742
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177/0265407520937350
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherSAGEen_US
dc.subjectHealthen_US
dc.subjectMental healthen_US
dc.subjectRelationship typesen_US
dc.subjectSocial supporten_US
dc.subjectStressen_US
dc.titleWhen we say “perceived support,” what do we mean? Contexts and components of support among people with serious medical conditionsen_US
dc.typePost-Printen_US

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