The experience and effects of emotional support: What the study of cultural and gender differences can tell us about close relationships, emotion, and interpersonal communication

By Brant R. Burleson. 2003

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On the interpersonal regulation of emotions: Emotional reliance across gender, relationships, and cultures (2005, background): “interdependence to be more important than do men (Kashima, Yamaguchi, Choi, Gelfand, & Yuki, 1995; Samter, Whaley, Mortenson, & Burleson, 1997; Shields, 1995; Ting-Toomey, 1991). Emotional sharing is also considered to be a more common strategy for women than men to facilitate intimacy (Caldwell & P”
Dyadic coping responses and partners’ perceptions for couple satisfaction (2015, background): “Recent literature, however, has started to question this viewpoint and attest that in many cases gender differences have been overstated, while gender similarities have been overlooked (e.g., Burleson, 2003; Foels & Tomcho, 2005).”
Crossing the line(s): A dual threshold model of anger in organizations (2007, background): “…emotion—often repeatedly—with individuals who make up our social networks, it is likely that a potential and powerful benefit of muted anger is emotional support (Rimé, 1995a), including ego validation and self-validation and timely reassurance from one’s significant others (Burleson, 2003).”
Social Support in Couples: An Examination of Gender Differences Using Self-report and Observational Methods (2007, background): “Instead, our findings are consistent with the view advocated by researchers that men and women are far more similar than different in how they communicate and how they attempt to support each other in their personal relationships (e.g., Burleson and Kunkel 2006; Burleson 2003 ; C anary and Dindia 1”
Steps toward the ripening of relationship science. (2007, background): “…not be sufficient to resolve the problem , but if this reasoning is correct , competently delivered support , when perceived , should have ben - eficial relationship effects regardless of its problem - solving effectiveness ( see Burleson , 2003 , for discussion of social support compe - tence ) .”
“Guys Can't Say That to Guys”: Four Experiments Assessing the Normative Motivation Account for Deficiencies in the Emotional Support Provided by Men (2005, background): “Although men and women are similar in the type of emotional support they typically want to receive from others (Cutrona, 1996), as well as in their responses to different types of support (Burleson, 2003), they differ quite reliably when it comes to providing emotional support to others.”
The Myth of Gender Cultures: Similarities Outweigh Differences in Men's and Women's Provision of and Responses to Supportive Communication (2004, background): “The results of our current studies are also consistent with recent reviews that have reported few and generally small gender differences for a variety of communicative behaviors (Aries, 1996; Canary & Emmers-Sommer, 1997; Canary & Hause, 1993; Wood & Dindia, 1998), including emotional support (Burle”
The relationships among social intelligence, emotional intelligence and cultural intelligence (2009, background): “1992; Wang, 2003), management (Singh-Manoux, 2000; Cole et al., 2002; Burleson, 2003; Burleson and Mortenson, 2003) and emotional triggers (Markus and Kitayama, 1991; Liem et al.”
New Look at Social Support: A Theoretical Perspective on Thriving through Relationships (2014, unknown): “, Lakey & Cassady, 1990; Pierce, Sarason, & Sarason, 1992); personality variables that reflect perseverance toward goals, such as conscientiousness and grit (Duckworth, Peterson, Matthews, & Kelly, 2007; Hough, 1992); rejection sensitivity (Downey & Feldman, 1996); agreeableness (Graziano, Habashi, ”
Are There Gendered Pathways to Intimacy in Early Adolescents’ and Emerging Adults’ Friendships? (2006, result): “Yet both of these studies as well as other work addressing the cultural content of intimacy has also yielded a high degree of correspondence in how different ethnic groups define intimacy in friendships (for a review, see Burleson, 2003).”