Responding to need in intimate relationships: Social support and caregiving processes in couples.

2010 ◽  
pp. 367-389 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy L. Collins ◽  
Máire B. Ford ◽  
AnaMarie C. Guichard ◽  
Heidi S. Kane ◽  
Brooke C. Feeney
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Intimate Relationships

Advice in Intimate Relationships

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Branch ◽  
Elizabeth Dorrance Hall
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Attachment Theory ◽  
Intimate Relationships ◽  
Close Relationships ◽  
Turbulence Theory ◽  
Confirmation Theory ◽  
Relational Context ◽  
Interdependence Theory

Friendships and romantic relationships are characterized by enduring concern for each other’s welfare. It is perhaps not surprising, then, that advice, a form of social support, is common, expected, and even desired in intimate relationships. While much of the research on advice samples from friendships and romantic relationships, the influence of the specific relational context is often overlooked. This chapter addresses this limitation with a synthesis of theory and research from relationship science. Specifically, it explores the potential contributions of interdependence theory (Kelley & Thibaut, 1978), relationship turbulence theory (Solomon, Knobloch, Theiss, & McLaren, 2016), attachment theory (Bowlby, 1969), and confirmation theory (Dailey, 2006) to understand how relationship cognitions affect advice outcomes. The chapter also discusses the intersections between these theories as applied to advice and shows how these theories can guide best practices of advising in close relationships.

Postpartum care and problems in the puerperium

2020 ◽  
pp. 435-446
Author(s):  
Stephen J. Robson
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Intimate Relationships ◽  
Postnatal Care ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Lifestyle Changes ◽  
Her Family ◽  
Transition To Motherhood ◽  
Rapid Transition ◽  
Postpartum Recovery ◽  
Linguistic Backgrounds

The 40 days following birth are known as the puerperium. This is a time of rapid transition in a woman’s life with major changes not only in physiology, but also in relationships and social circumstances. Most women will navigate the transition to motherhood smoothly yet there are potential complications with important implications for the women, her child, and her family that must be understood and managed effectively. Changes in patterns of sleep, mood, and intimate relationships can all affect a woman’s ability to care for her child. Complications such as bleeding, infection, voiding dysfunction, and incontinence may occur, and many women will experience difficulties with breastfeeding. Effective social support and healthy lifestyle changes are key components of postpartum recovery, and respectful support for women from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds should be afforded. Attention to contraceptive needs and support for return to employment are part of good postnatal care.

Reciprocal and Nonreciprocal Social Support: Contrasting Sides of Intimate Relationships

1988 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. S65-S73 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Ingersoll-Dayton ◽  
T. C. Antonucci
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Intimate Relationships

scholarly journals Effects of Stress on the Social Support Provided by Men and Women in Intimate Relationships

2015 ◽  
Vol 26 (10) ◽  
pp. 1584-1594 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guy Bodenmann ◽  
Nathalie Meuwly ◽  
Janine Germann ◽  
Fridtjof W. Nussbeck ◽  
Markus Heinrichs ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Intimate Relationships ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
The Social ◽  
Effects Of Stress

scholarly journals Place, mobility and social support in refugee mental health

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 333-348
Author(s):  
Sevasti-Melissa Nolas ◽  
Charles Watters ◽  
Keira Pratt-Boyden ◽  
Reima Ana Maglajlic
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Intimate Relationships ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Refugee Mental Health ◽  
The Social ◽  
Research And Design ◽  
Health And Well Being

Purpose This review and theoretical analysis paper aims to bring together literatures of place, mobility, refugees and mental health to problematise the ways in which social support is practised on the ground and to rethink its possibilities. Design/methodology/approach This paper draws on an interdisciplinary understanding of social support that focusses on the social networks and significant and intimate relationships that mitigate negative mental health and well-being outcomes. The authors explore the dialectic relationship between place and mobility in refugee experiences of social support. Findings The authors argue that, in an Euro-American context, practices of social support have historically been predicated on the idea of people-in-place. The figure of the refugee challenges the notion of a settled person in need of support and suggests that people are both in place and in motion at the same time. Conversely, attending to refugees’ biographies, lived experiences and everyday lives suggests that places and encounters of social support are varied and go beyond institutional spaces. Research limitations/implications The authors explore this dialectic of personhood as both in place and in motion and its implications for the theorisation, research and design of systems of social support for refugees. Originality/value This paper surfaces the dialectics of place and mobility for supporting refugee mental health from an interdisciplinary perspective.

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