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Des Guten zuviel: Der Einfluss von Bewältigungsverhalten auf die Bereitschaft zu sozialer Unterstützung

Published Online:November 15, 2007https://doi.org/10.1026/0943-8149.15.4.158

Abstract

Zusammenfassung. Ziel dieser Studie war die Überprüfung des Einflusses der Effektivität von Bewältigungsverhalten (perfekt, ausgewogen, ungünstig) und der Art der sozialen Beziehung (Freundin, Bekannte) auf die Bereitschaft zu sozialer Unterstützung im Umgang mit einer alltagsnahen, leistungsbezogenen Stresssituation (Vorbereitung auf eine Prüfung). In einem experimentellen Design wurden N = 132 Teilnehmerinnen schriftlich fiktive Szenarien, in denen das Zielverhalten beschrieben war, vorgegeben und ihre Unterstützungsbereitschaft sowie ihre emotionalen Reaktionen Ärger und Mitleid erfasst. Die Ergebnisse zeigten, dass unabhängig von der Art der sozialen Beziehung Zielpersonen mit einem ausgewogenen und ungünstigen Bewältigungsverhalten eine höhere Bereitschaft zu sozialer Unterstützung auslösten als die Zielperson mit perfektem Bewältigungsverhalten. Die Zielperson mit ungünstiger Bewältigung löste am meisten und die Zielperson mit perfekter Bewältigung am wenigsten Mitleid aus. Mitleid erwies sich neben Ärger als stärkster Prädiktor zur Vorhersage der Unterstützungsbereitschaft.


The influence of coping behavior on the willingness to provide social support

Abstract. The aim of this study was to examine whether the effectiveness of coping behavior (perfect, balanced, poor) and the type of relationship between provider and recipient (friend, acquaintance) influenced the willingness to provide social support in coping with an achievement-related stressful situation (preparing for an exam). Based on an experimental design, N = 132 women were presented with vignettes depicting the target behavior as part of a fictitious scenario and were asked to rate their willingness to provide social support and their emotional reactions (anger, sympathy). Results showed that independent of the relationship between provider and recipient participants reported more willingness to provide social support when the coping behavior was balanced or poor, relative to the perfect coping behavior. The poorly coping target elicited the highest sympathy. Sympathy was found to be the strongest predictor for willingness to provide social support besides anger.

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