Perceived Social Support Relationships Among Infantry Marine Reservists

Presentation Type

Poster/Portfolio

Presenter Major(s)

Psychology

Mentor Information

Brian Lakey

Department

Psychology

Location

Henry Hall Atrium 54

Start Date

11-4-2012 9:00 AM

Keywords

Social Science

Abstract

The present study is an investigation of the mechanisms by which perceived social support is linked to better mental health. This study was conducted to explore the link between favorable affect and perceived social support. We examine the extent to which conversation elaboration (CE) is highly relational and the extent to which CE can account for perceived support's link to mental health, specifically for relational influences. This was be done by testing Relational Regulation Theory (RRT) which explains the association between perceived support and mental health, by using CE as the mechanism. Findings were consistent with RRT, for relational influences, perceived social support and CE are correlated at about .77, both are correlated with positive affect at about .42 and with negative affect at about -.35. Perceived social support was found to be linked to high positive affect and low negative affect, and positive affect and negative affect were weakly correlated.

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Perceived Social Support Relationships Among Infantry Marine Reservists

Henry Hall Atrium 54

The present study is an investigation of the mechanisms by which perceived social support is linked to better mental health. This study was conducted to explore the link between favorable affect and perceived social support. We examine the extent to which conversation elaboration (CE) is highly relational and the extent to which CE can account for perceived support's link to mental health, specifically for relational influences. This was be done by testing Relational Regulation Theory (RRT) which explains the association between perceived support and mental health, by using CE as the mechanism. Findings were consistent with RRT, for relational influences, perceived social support and CE are correlated at about .77, both are correlated with positive affect at about .42 and with negative affect at about -.35. Perceived social support was found to be linked to high positive affect and low negative affect, and positive affect and negative affect were weakly correlated.