The good and bad of relationships: How social hindrance and social support affect relationship feelings in daily life

Eshkol Rafaeli; James A. Cranford; Amie S. Green; Patrick E. Shrout; Niall Bolger

doi:10.1177/0146167208323742

The good and bad of relationships: How social hindrance and social support affect relationship feelings in daily life

Eshkol Rafaeli, James A. Cranford, Amie S. Green, Patrick E. Shrout, Niall Bolger

Psychology

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Abstract

The authors examined the effects of social hindrance and support on negative and positive relationship-specific feelings in three daily diary studies. Study 1 showed that hindrance and support independently predicted positive relationship feelings, but only hindrance predicted negative feelings. Study 2 used new measures of hindrance and support and showed that hindrance and support independently predicted same-day relationship feelings but that the effects of hindrance were stronger in magnitude. Study 3 yielded similar findings using the new measures of hindrance and support and controlling for morning feeling. These asymmetrical crossover effects suggest that bad is only stronger than good when it comes to bad outcomes; they also support the distinction between aversive and appetitive relational processes.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1703-1718
Number of pages	16
Journal	Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
Volume	34
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167208323742
State	Published - Dec 2008

Keywords

Daily process designs
Relationship feelings
Social hindrance
Social support

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Social Psychology

Access to Document

10.1177/0146167208323742

Fingerprint Dive into the research topics of 'The good and bad of relationships: How social hindrance and social support affect relationship feelings in daily life'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this

@article{15ba8dea2f564a36ab218b1b6d495001,

title = "The good and bad of relationships: How social hindrance and social support affect relationship feelings in daily life",

abstract = "The authors examined the effects of social hindrance and support on negative and positive relationship-specific feelings in three daily diary studies. Study 1 showed that hindrance and support independently predicted positive relationship feelings, but only hindrance predicted negative feelings. Study 2 used new measures of hindrance and support and showed that hindrance and support independently predicted same-day relationship feelings but that the effects of hindrance were stronger in magnitude. Study 3 yielded similar findings using the new measures of hindrance and support and controlling for morning feeling. These asymmetrical crossover effects suggest that bad is only stronger than good when it comes to bad outcomes; they also support the distinction between aversive and appetitive relational processes.",

keywords = "Daily process designs, Relationship feelings, Social hindrance, Social support",

author = "Eshkol Rafaeli and Cranford, {James A.} and Green, {Amie S.} and Shrout, {Patrick E.} and Niall Bolger",

year = "2008",

month = dec,

doi = "10.1177/0146167208323742",

language = "English (US)",

volume = "34",

pages = "1703--1718",

journal = "Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin",

issn = "0146-1672",

publisher = "SAGE Publications Inc.",

number = "12",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - The good and bad of relationships

T2 - How social hindrance and social support affect relationship feelings in daily life

AU - Rafaeli, Eshkol

AU - Cranford, James A.

AU - Green, Amie S.

AU - Shrout, Patrick E.

AU - Bolger, Niall

PY - 2008/12

Y1 - 2008/12

N2 - The authors examined the effects of social hindrance and support on negative and positive relationship-specific feelings in three daily diary studies. Study 1 showed that hindrance and support independently predicted positive relationship feelings, but only hindrance predicted negative feelings. Study 2 used new measures of hindrance and support and showed that hindrance and support independently predicted same-day relationship feelings but that the effects of hindrance were stronger in magnitude. Study 3 yielded similar findings using the new measures of hindrance and support and controlling for morning feeling. These asymmetrical crossover effects suggest that bad is only stronger than good when it comes to bad outcomes; they also support the distinction between aversive and appetitive relational processes.

AB - The authors examined the effects of social hindrance and support on negative and positive relationship-specific feelings in three daily diary studies. Study 1 showed that hindrance and support independently predicted positive relationship feelings, but only hindrance predicted negative feelings. Study 2 used new measures of hindrance and support and showed that hindrance and support independently predicted same-day relationship feelings but that the effects of hindrance were stronger in magnitude. Study 3 yielded similar findings using the new measures of hindrance and support and controlling for morning feeling. These asymmetrical crossover effects suggest that bad is only stronger than good when it comes to bad outcomes; they also support the distinction between aversive and appetitive relational processes.

KW - Daily process designs

KW - Relationship feelings

KW - Social hindrance

KW - Social support

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=57249112583&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=57249112583&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1177/0146167208323742

DO - 10.1177/0146167208323742

M3 - Article

C2 - 18832339

AN - SCOPUS:57249112583

VL - 34

SP - 1703

EP - 1718

JO - Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

JF - Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

SN - 0146-1672

IS - 12

ER -