Experimental paradigm to test the effects of providing social support: study protocol of the PROSPECT trial (Study 2).

ABSTRACT:

Background

A growing body of research suggests that the provision of social support can have benefits not only for the recipients but also for the provider. Although initial evidence for affective, self-evaluative and physiological outcomes has been established, the beneficial effects of support provision do not occur consistently across all support interactions, and some interactions may even have detrimental effects on providers. The aim of our experimental paradigm is to enable researchers to test the conditions under which the provision of social support to dyadic partners affects affective, self-evaluative, physiological, and relationship outcomes for the provider. In line with self-determination theory, it is proposed that the provision of support is only beneficial to the pr

SUBMITTER: Hajak V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11773939 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature