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Social Support and the Wealthy Porcupine: Pain, Social Support, Money, and Culture

Social Support and the Wealthy Porcupine: Pain, Social Support, Money, and Culture Psychological Inquiry, 19: 179–185, 2008 Copyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLC ISSN: 1047-840X print / 1532-7965 online DOI: 10.1080/10478400802592323 Social Support and the Wealthy Porcupine: Pain, Social Support, Money, and Culture Robin Goodwin Brunel University, Uxbridge, United Kingdom Social support and social integration have been ma- “something different to replace social support” jor topics of research for social scientists for many (p. 127). However, their analysis raised some impor- decades (e.g., Durkheim, 1897/1997). Social support is tant issues about the extent to which money and social generally portrayed as a “good thing,” with numerous support are really orthogonal. One reason for this is researchers providing evidence of both the buffering the way in which they conceptualise social support in and direct impacts of support on mental and physiologi- their article. cal well-being (e.g., Kraus, Liang, & Gu, 1998; Litwin, Although Zhou and Gao do not define social sup- 2001) and the ability of support to be a buffer against port, such support is usually broadly viewed as “the physical and psychological pain (e.g., Lopez-Mart ´ ´ ınez, resources provided by other persons” (Cohen & Syme, Esteve-Zarazaga & Ram´ ırez-Maestre, 2008). In their 1985 p. 4). Significantly, such resources often http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Psychological Inquiry Taylor & Francis

Social Support and the Wealthy Porcupine: Pain, Social Support, Money, and Culture

Goodwin, Robin
Psychological Inquiry , Volume 19 (3-4): 7 – Dec 12, 2008
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Psychological Inquiry, 19: 179–185, 2008 Copyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLC ISSN: 1047-840X print / 1532-7965 online DOI: 10.1080/10478400802592323 Social Support and the Wealthy Porcupine: Pain, Social Support, Money, and Culture Robin Goodwin Brunel University, Uxbridge, United Kingdom Social support and social integration have been ma- “something different to replace social support” jor topics of research for social scientists for many (p. 127). However, their analysis raised some impor- decades (e.g., Durkheim, 1897/1997). Social support is tant issues about the extent to which money and social generally portrayed as a “good thing,” with numerous support are really orthogonal. One reason for this is researchers providing evidence of both the buffering the way in which they conceptualise social support in and direct impacts of support on mental and physiologi- their article. cal well-being (e.g., Kraus, Liang, & Gu, 1998; Litwin, Although Zhou and Gao do not define social sup- 2001) and the ability of support to be a buffer against port, such support is usually broadly viewed as “the physical and psychological pain (e.g., Lopez-Mart ´ ´ ınez, resources provided by other persons” (Cohen & Syme, Esteve-Zarazaga & Ram´ ırez-Maestre, 2008). In their 1985 p. 4). Significantly, such resources often

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