Providing emotional support and daily emotional well-being among undergraduate students during the COVID-19 pandemic

D. Rahal, Armaan G Singh
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Receiving emotional support can improve one’s emotional well-being, but findings have been mixed regarding whether providing emotional support to friends and family can also improve the provider’s emotional well-being. Providing emotional support could be impactful during the COVID-19 pandemic, when individuals may be particularly in need of emotional support and social connection. Therefore, the present study assessed whether providing emotional support was related to role fulfillment and enhanced emotional well-being on a day-to-day basis during the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants ( N = 167; Mage = 20.42, SD = 2.30; 73.1% female; 40.1% Asian, 18. 6% Latinx, 16.8% white) completed up to eight daily checklists ( Mchecklists = 6.54, SD = 2.10) in which they reported whether they provided emotional support to their friends and to their parents, their role fulfillment (i.e., the extent to which they felt like a good son/daughter and friend), and the degree of positive and negative emotion they were feeling. Participants reported higher positive emotion and lower negative emotion on days when they provided emotional support to friends, but not to parents, with potentially stronger associations in-person than virtually. Participants also reported higher role fulfillment as a good son/daughter and a good friend on days when they provided emotional support, and role fulfillment significantly mediated associations between providing emotional support and daily emotion. Taken together, results suggested that providing emotional support to friends—particularly in-person—was related to better emotional well-being by promoting a sense of role fulfillment as a good friend. Providing emotional support may provide one means for reinforcing social relationships and promoting emotional well-being during times of social isolation.
在 COVID-19 大流行期间为本科生提供情感支持和日常情绪保健
接受情感支持可以改善一个人的情感健康,但对于向朋友和家人提供情感支持是否也能改善提供者的情感健康,研究结果却不尽相同。在 COVID-19 大流行期间,个人可能特别需要情感支持和社会联系,此时提供情感支持可能会产生影响。因此,本研究评估了在 COVID-19 大流行期间,提供情感支持是否与履行角色和提高日常情感幸福感有关。参与者(N = 167;Mage = 20.42,SD = 2.30;73.1% 为女性;40.1% 为亚裔,18.6% 拉丁美洲人,16.8% 白人)完成了多达八份每日检查表(Mchecklists = 6.54,SD = 2.10),其中他们报告了是否向朋友和父母提供了情感支持、他们的角色履行情况(即他们在多大程度上感觉自己是一个好儿子/女儿和好朋友),以及他们所感受到的积极和消极情绪的程度。在向朋友提供情感支持的日子里,参与者的积极情绪较高,而消极情绪较低,但在向父母提供情感支持的日子里,参与者的积极情绪较高,而消极情绪较低。在提供情感支持的日子里,参与者还表示作为好儿子/好女儿和好朋友的角色成就感较高,而角色成就感在提供情感支持和日常情绪之间起到了显著的中介作用。综上所述,研究结果表明,向朋友提供情感支持,尤其是面对面的情感支持,可以促进作为好朋友的角色成就感,从而改善情绪健康。在社会隔离时期,提供情感支持可能是加强社会关系和促进情感健康的一种手段。
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