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Date Permissions Signed

11-7-2012

Date of Award

2012

Document Type

Masters Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Psychology

First Advisor

Lehman, Barbara J.

Second Advisor

Sattler, David N.

Third Advisor

Mana, Michael J.

Abstract

In contrast to invisible (unacknowledged) social support, visible social support tasks produce exaggerated negative emotional responses. Processes such as social comparison and negative social evaluation confound operationalizations of visible social support. This study tested social support visibility independent of negative social evaluation and social comparison processes, and included cardiovascular responses. Female undergraduates (N = 73) participated in an anticipatory speech task. A female confederate provided either visible or invisible social support, or no social support. Negative emotions were not affected by the social support manipulations. Cardiovascular outcomes were tested by incorporating a series of theoretically driven planned contrasts into tests of stress reactivity conducted through HLM piecewise growth curve modeling. Linear and quadratic trends established cardiovascular reactivity to the task. Further, uncounfounded social support conditions, regardless of visibility, attenuated cardiovascular responses.

Type

Text

DOI

https://doi.org/10.25710/k966-9090

Publisher

Western Washington University

OCLC Number

818257259

Subject – LCSH

Social networks--Physiological aspects; Social networks--Psychological aspects; Cardiovascular system--Psychophysiology; Stress (Physiology); Stress (Psychology)

Format

application/pdf

Genre/Form

masters theses

Language

English

Rights

Copying of this document in whole or in part is allowable only for scholarly purposes. It is understood, however, that any copying or publication of this thesis for commercial purposes, or for financial gain, shall not be allowed without the author's written permission.

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