New Look at Social Support: A Theoretical Perspective on Thriving through Relationships

By B. Feeney, N. Collins. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 2014

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Close and caring relationships are undeniably linked to health and well-being at all stages in the life span. Yet the specific pathways through which close relationships promote optimal well-being are not well understood. In this article, we present a model of thriving through relationships to provide a theoretical foundation for identifying the specific interpersonal processes that underlie the effects of close relationships on thriving. This model highlights two life contexts through which people may potentially thrive (coping successfully with life’s adversities and actively pursuing life opportunities for growth and development), it proposes two relational support functions that are fundamental to the experience of thriving in each life context, and it identifies mediators through which relational support is likely to have long-term effects on thriving. This perspective highlights the need for researchers to take a new look at social support by conceptualizing it as an interpersonal process with a focus on thriving.

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Making the good even better: A review and theoretical model of interpersonal capitalization (2018, background): “Another account of this association involves the idea of thriving , or prospering, flourishing, and progressing toward a goal despite or because of circum-stances (Feeney & Collins, 2015).”
Human Thriving: A Conceptual Debate and Literature Review (2017, background): “Across scenarios where an individual may thrive, it may be the case that his or her response will be affected by social agents present (e.g., family, friends, colleagues) and the perceived support available in that environment (Feeney & Collins, 2015).”
Sources of social support, job satisfaction, and quality of life among childcare teachers (2017, background): “…Jo w o b b a c w d b p v g t Q p i q e i s o a e c f b 2 m r s o s i I b t d I w g M i 2 G S p o T d j p i m e e c s i o J. Yuh, S. Choi / The Social S ith a focus on the presence or absence of negative utcomes associated with stress, rather than positive welleing (Feeney & Collins, 2015).”