Social Support, Stress and the Buffering Hypothesis: A Theoretical Analysis

By Sheldon Cohen, Garth Mckay. Handbook of Psychology and Health (Volume IV), 2020

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Education, Social Psychology

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Female Gamers’ Experience of Online Harassment and Social Support in Online Gaming: A Qualitative Study (2018, unknown): “The effectiveness of social support for each individual is said to depend on the match between the source, type, and timing of social support and the needs of the individual (Cohen and McKay 1984; Cutrona and Russell 1990; Jacobson 1986).”
Social support at work and at home: Dual-buffering effects in the work-family conflict process (2018, background): “Drawing a parallel to Cohen and Wills’ (1985) theoretical arguments for the buffering model of social support, we propose that social support at work and at home have distinct functions and buffer in a dual fashion the workload–emotional exhaustion–work-family conflict process.”
User Experiences of Social Support From Companion Chatbots in Everyday Contexts: Thematic Analysis (2020, background): “Social support is a complex construct, as it has been defined in many ways [9,10], has been categorized into different forms (eg, behaviors, perceptions) [11] and types (eg, instrumental, appraisal, emotional support) [12], and can come from a variety of sources (eg, friends, family, coworkers).”
The impact of coping strategies on occupational stress and turnover intentions among hotel employees (2018, methodology): “…dealing with social support and stress in general, both the direct overall beneficial model and the process-oriented buffering hypothesis model were proposed and tested (Cohen & McKay, 1984; Cohen & Wills, 1985; Glozah & Pevalin, 2014; LaRocco, House, & French, 1980; Reid & Taylor, 2015).”