117 results for „social support“
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magazine issue | 12/2012
Your mother, metaphors, and other monkey business: How experiences of physical warmth shape how we think about relationships
... often reflect very meaningful personal experiences, such as social rejection or interpersonal intimacy . But how do we come to express ... choice A). The findings from these studies provide strong support that physiological states are linked to social concepts. ... / more
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magazine issue | 02/2013
Intergroup Contact Theory: Past, Present, and Future
... Gordon Allport (1954) proposed one of the most important social psychological events of the 20th century, suggesting that contact ... equal status, intergroup cooperation , common goals, and support by social and institutional authorities (See Table 1). According to ... / more
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magazine issue | 02/2013
That human touch that means so much: Exploring the tactile dimension of social life
... of touch may have a powerful impact on our emotional and social functioning. Given its significant beneficial effects, touch may be ... 2001). More broadly speaking, interpersonal touch may support health-promoting behaviors by enhancing compliance. Indeed, one study ... / more
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magazine issue | 12/2012
Job insecurity climate: On shared perceptions of job insecurity
... not arise out of nothing. They are of course embedded in a social context. Consider the ‘second great contraction’, the financial ... Elst, Elfi Baillien, Nele De Cuyper and Hans De Witte (2010) support this view. In a study comprising 20 Belgian organizations, they ... / more
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magazine issue | 02/2007
Brain Training: Practice Keeps You Fit
... factors such as socio-economic background, culture, support and motivation cannot be ignored. In addition, to complicate matters ... Finally, if puzzling is just not your thing, do not worry. Social relationships have also found to be important contributors in becoming ... / more
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magazine issue | 02/2013
Justice seems not to be for all: Exploring the scope of justice
... This paper intends to clarify the concept and explain how social psychologists work with it in real-life contexts. We argue that the ... scope of justice acts as a justifying argument to provide support for discriminatory policies toward immigrants (e.g., “immigrants ... / more
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magazine issue | 05/2012
When does revenge taste sweet? A short tale of revenge
... article is to illuminate the issue of revenge and its social and individual functions from a scientific viewpoint. A Definition ... certain conditions, but we will get to that later. Further support for this notion comes from Arlene Stillwell and her colleagues (2008). ... / more
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magazine issue | 05/2012
The victim wars: How competitive victimhood stymies reconciliation between conflicting groups
... suggests that, especially in contexts where material and social resources are scarce, group members actively attempt to affirm that ... may enhance the possibility of receiving moral and practical support from the international community (Simon & Klandermans, 2001). For ... / more
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magazine issue | 05/2012
Death and deities: A social cognitive perspective
... recurs throughout intellectual history. Although recent social psychological research provides some support for this claim, the relationship between mortality-related concerns and ... / more
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magazine issue | 01/2012
Family Honour and the Purity of the Family’s Essence: A Relational Models Approach
... it could as well be a true story. Honour is related to social reputation and to the respect one gets from others. When their honour is ... & Nemeroff, 1986) Rozin and colleagues (1986) found support for the negative law of contagion in the United States. Across ... / moreHere you can search the entire InMind magazine for any content of your choice. You can reduce your search results by selecting one or more filter options in the right column.