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THE COMPLEX PROCESS OF SUPPORT PROVISION THE COMPLEX PROCESS OF SUPPORT PROVISION
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EMPATHIC ACCURACY AND SOCIAL SUPPORT EMPATHIC ACCURACY AND SOCIAL SUPPORT
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AN INITIAL TEST OF OUR PREDICTIONS AN INITIAL TEST OF OUR PREDICTIONS
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Sample and Pretest Measures Sample and Pretest Measures
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Support Interaction Task Support Interaction Task
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Behavioral Observation Coding Behavioral Observation Coding
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Empathic Accuracy Coding Empathic Accuracy Coding
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Tests of Our Research Hypotheses Tests of Our Research Hypotheses
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CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS
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Future Research: Moving in the Same Direction Future Research: Moving in the Same Direction
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Future Research: Moving in Other Directions Future Research: Moving in Other Directions
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Implications for Couples Therapy Implications for Couples Therapy
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CONCLUSION CONCLUSION
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REFERENCES REFERENCES
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chapter 3 “I Know What You Need Right Now”: Empathic Accuracy and Support Provision in Marriage
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Published:June 2010
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Abstract
This chapter investigates the hypothesis that a support provider’s level of empathic accuracy—that is, his or her ability to make accurate inferences about the support seeker’s thoughts and feelings—contributes to the likelihood of support providers offering effective and welcome support to their support-seeking spouse. In a laboratory study, 40 couples provided questionnaire data and participated in a social support interaction and video review task. As expected, greater empathic accuracy was associated with higher levels of instrumental support—which consists of concrete offers of assistance, advice, and suggestions to the support-seeker. Also as predicted, greater accuracy was related to lower levels of unhelpful, negative support. However, accuracy was not significantly related to emotional support—which includes reassuring, consoling, and encouraging the support-seeker.
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