Human Growth and Development / Unit 13 HGD 1842 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Stress Buffering
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The idea
Social support buffers stress: it lowers perceived stress, dampens the physiological response and supplies resources for coping, as the stress-buffering hypothesis holds.
In practice
Positive exchanges with a spouse reducing depressive symptoms more than exchanges with others.
Where people slip
Too much received support can undermine a sense of mastery, and received support declines in midlife.
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