Assessed and Experimentally Provided Social Support.

Abstract

Two studies were performed in which subjects differing in assessed social support were either given experimentally-provided support or control or comparison conditions. For measures of both performance and cognitive interference, significant interactions were obtained between assessed and experimentally provided social support. The findings were consistent with the idea that a low level of social support in a person's life is a vulnerability factor. However, they also suggested that it is possible to devise interventions that facilitate task-relevant thinking and performance. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 18, 1983
Accession Number
ADA134505

Entities

People

  • Barbara R. Sarason
  • Irwin G. Sarason
  • Karen C. Lindner

Organizations

  • University of Washington

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Cyber

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Availability
  • California
  • Cognition
  • Human Behavior
  • Instructions
  • Interpersonal Relations
  • Intervention
  • Mental Health
  • Military Research
  • New York
  • Personality
  • Psychology
  • Students
  • Thinking
  • United States
  • Universities

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.