Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, CoRPS - Center of Research on Psychological and Somatic disorders, Tilburg University, Tilburg, the Netherlands; Mentaal Beter, Mental Health Center Region Noord-Brabant, Breda, the Netherlands.
Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, CoRPS - Center of Research on Psychological and Somatic disorders, Tilburg University, Tilburg, the Netherlands; Faculty of Behavioral and Movement Sciences, Faculty of Clinical, Neuro- and Developmental Psychology, VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; RINO Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Int J Psychophysiol. 2021 Dec;170:198-209. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2021.10.013. Epub 2021 Oct 26.
Social support is associated with mental well-being and favorable therapy outcomes. As autonomy-connectedness, the capacity for self-governance in interpersonal context, may affect reliance on others, we investigated whether stress-modulating effects of social support are moderated by autonomy-connectedness. Ninety-seven undergraduates completed measures on autonomy-connectedness and trait social anxiety, and attended a laboratory session with a friend (support) or alone (control). All underwent a virtual Trier Social Stress Test and completed anxiety, cortisol and heart rate (variability) measures. Preregistered analyses revealed that social support reduced anxiety reactivity and delayed heart rate variability decreases, but not heart rate. Contrary to hypotheses, autonomy-connectedness did not predict stress-reactivity or interact with condition. Exploratory analyses suggested effects of social support on cortisol reactivity and indicated that reported support quality varied by trait anxiety and self-awareness. Our findings underline the stress-modulating effects of social support and suggest that social support can benefit individuals with varying levels of autonomy-connectedness.
社会支持与心理健康和有利的治疗结果有关。由于自主性连接是指在人际交往中自我管理的能力，可能会影响对他人的依赖，因此我们研究了社会支持的压力调节作用是否受到自主性连接的调节。97 名本科生完成了自主性连接和特质社交焦虑的测量，并参加了一个有朋友（支持）或独自一人（对照）的实验室会议。所有人都接受了虚拟特里尔社会压力测试，并完成了焦虑、皮质醇和心率（变异性）的测量。预先注册的分析表明，社会支持降低了焦虑反应性并延迟了心率变异性的降低，但没有降低心率。与假设相反，自主性连接并不能预测应激反应，也不会与条件相互作用。探索性分析表明，社会支持对皮质醇反应性有影响，并表明报告的支持质量因特质焦虑和自我意识而异。我们的研究结果强调了社会支持的压力调节作用，并表明社会支持可以使具有不同自主性连接水平的个体受益。
