Knoll Nina, Kienle Rolf, Bauer Katharina, Pfüller Bettina, Luszczynska Aleksandra
Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Institute of Medical Psychology, Germany.
Soc Sci Med. 2007 May;64(9):1789-801. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.01.004. Epub 2007 Feb 22.
Although the term social support has positive connotations, research has shown that receiving help may be a double-edged sword. Received support may have no effects or may even be detrimental to recipients' well-being. However, providing support may have beneficial effects for the helper. This paper reports a study of competing and interactive effects of enacted support on affect in couples undergoing assisted reproduction treatments. Sixty-six male/female couples from two German fertility clinics participated in this study. Affect and support were assessed at 3 time points: upon oocyte and sperm collection, after embryo transfer, and following the first pregnancy test (3 weeks after the treatment outcomes were known). Results indicated that depending on the providers' gender, different forms of support provision predicted better affect developments. While women seemed to benefit from providing emotional support, higher positive affect among men was related to their provision of instrumental support. Neither support receipt nor reciprocal support, however, were reliably associated with affect changes. Results partially coincide with predictions from esteem-enhancement theory of supportive exchanges.
尽管社会支持这个术语有积极的内涵，但研究表明接受帮助可能是一把双刃剑。所接受的支持可能没有效果，甚至可能对接受者的幸福有害。然而，提供支持可能对帮助者有有益的影响。本文报告了一项关于在接受辅助生殖治疗的夫妇中，实际提供的支持对情感的竞争和交互作用的研究。来自两家德国生育诊所的66对男女夫妇参与了这项研究。在三个时间点评估情感和支持：在采集卵子和精子时、胚胎移植后以及第一次妊娠试验后（治疗结果已知3周后）。结果表明，根据提供者的性别，不同形式的支持提供预示着更好的情感发展。虽然女性似乎从提供情感支持中受益，但男性中较高的积极情感与他们提供的工具性支持有关。然而，接受支持和相互支持都与情感变化没有可靠的关联。结果部分与支持性交流的自尊增强理论的预测一致。
