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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, CMultimorbidity 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.
History
Publication title
Journal of Health Psychology: An Interdisciplinary, International JournalVolume
15Issue
5Pagination
660-670ISSN
1359-1053Department/School
School of Psychological SciencesPublisher
Sage Publications LtdPlace of publication
6 Bonhill Street, London, England, Ec2A 4PuRights statement
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