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Giving and Taking - Differential Effects of Providing, Receiving and Anticipating Emotional Support on Quality of Life in Adults with Multiple Illnesses

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posted on 2023-05-17, 09:48 authored by Warner, LM, Benjamin SchuezBenjamin Schuez, Wurm, S, Ziegelmann, JP, Tesch-Romer, C
Multimorbidity challenges quality of life (QoL) in old age. Anticipating and providing social support have been shown to promote QoL whereas receiving support often had detrimental effects. Little is known about which psychological processes explain these effects. This study examines the effects of receiving, anticipating and providing emotional support on QoL, with control beliefs and self-esteem as simultaneous mediators in an elderly multimorbid sample (N = 1415). Anticipating and providing support positively predicted QoL, mediated through self-esteem and control beliefs. Received support negatively predicted QoL, without mediation. Self-esteem and control beliefs can help to explain the relation between QoL and support.

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Publication title

Journal of Health Psychology: An Interdisciplinary, International Journal

Volume

15

Issue

5

Pagination

660-670

ISSN

1359-1053

Department/School

School of Psychological Sciences

Publisher

Sage Publications Ltd

Place of publication

6 Bonhill Street, London, England, Ec2A 4Pu

Rights statement

Copyright 2010 SAGE Publications.

Repository Status

  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Health status (incl. wellbeing)

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