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SOCIETY AND MENTAL HEALTH
卷 11, 期 1, 页码 20-37出版社
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/2156869320910773
关键词
experientially similar support; experiential homophily; the stress process; egocentric networks; depressive symptoms; anticipatory stress
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- National Science Foundation through a Dissertation Improvement Grant [1519056]
- Divn Of Social and Economic Sciences
- Direct For Social, Behav & Economic Scie [1519056] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
Research shows that individuals who share similar experiences can provide empathetic understanding and tailored coping strategies. However, having additional peers in support networks may strengthen the detrimental effects of anticipatory stress for students facing high levels of stress about future outcomes.
Past research demonstrates that experientially similar others-people who have confronted the same stressor or who occupy the same social role-are uniquely equipped to provide empathic understanding and tailored coping strategies to individuals navigating comparable, taxing circumstances. Using the case of premedical education, fixed-effects regression analyses of egocentric network data (N = 286) indicate that premeds whose support networks include a greater proportion of premedical peers over time experience fewer depressive symptoms. However, among premeds who report greater anticipatory stress about failing to achieve medical school admission, the presence of additional peers in support networks strengthens the detrimental effects of anticipatory stress. Qualitative data (n = 39) shed light on this empirical puzzle. Although peers offer a broad spectrum of support functions, they can also accentuate stressors or serve as a basis for negative social comparison. These findings introduce new considerations for theorizing the role of similar other support in the stress process.
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