{"id":30689,"date":"2025-10-16T15:44:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T15:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/home\/?p=30689"},"modified":"2025-10-16T15:45:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T15:45:36","slug":"just-believing-help-is-available-enhances-well-being-new-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/home\/just-believing-help-is-available-enhances-well-being-new-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Just Believing Help Is Available Enhances Well-Being: New Study"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-blockquote uagb-block-e7eb3fc3 uagb-blockquote__skin-border uagb-blockquote__stack-img-none\"><blockquote class=\"uagb-blockquote\"><div class=\"uagb-blockquote__content\">A comprehensive study reveals that the belief that help is available plays a crucial role in mental health, work performance and overall well-being, especially for adolescents.<\/div><footer><div class=\"uagb-blockquote__author-wrap uagb-blockquote__author-at-left\"><\/div><\/footer><\/blockquote><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-space-between is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-b0ffac9c wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><div style=\"font-size:16px\" class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-post-author\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__content\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-author__name\">The University Network<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-social-share uagb-social-share__outer-wrap uagb-social-share__layout-horizontal uagb-block-ee584a31\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-social-share-child uagb-ss-repeater uagb-ss__wrapper uagb-block-ec619ce7\"><span class=\"uagb-ss__link\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"facebook\"><span class=\"uagb-ss__source-wrap\"><span 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class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">People who feel supported by their family, friends and colleagues tend to thrive mentally, physically and socially, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;This study underscores the importance of considering the associations between multiple types and sources of perceived social support and multiple domains of human thriving,\u201d lead author GeckHong Yeo, of the National University of Singapore, said in a news release. \u201cOur findings also suggest that adolescents, in particular, can benefit from perceived social support \u2014 especially from parents \u2014 for improving physical health and reducing risk-taking behavior.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The research, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apa.org\/pubs\/journals\/releases\/bul-bul0000491.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">published<\/a> in the Psychological Bulletin, examined how perceived social support \u2014 a belief in the availability of help if needed \u2014 affects well-being. The researchers conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of data from 604 studies involving more than 894,000 participants from over 30 countries, including the United States, the UK and Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This comprehensive study provides insights into the significant role perceived social support plays in human thriving across various life domains, such as mental health, physical health, risk-taking behavior, education and work performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;On average, perceived social support had the largest associations with better mental health and better work performance,&#8221; Yeo added. &#8220;Perceived social support also demonstrated significant associations with better physical health, lower risk-taking behaviors, and better educational functioning.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the impact of perceived social support didn&#8217;t show significant gender differences, it varied notably by age and culture. Strong perceived support was crucial for avoiding risky behavior and maintaining physical health during childhood and adolescence, more so than in adulthood. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, support was more strongly linked to educational success in non-Western cultures, whereas in Western cultures, it was more closely connected with work performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The implications of these findings are far-reaching. By fostering strong social connections, communities can bolster individual well-being and success in several key areas of life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBy identifying the types and sources of support that matter most, we can design targeted interventions to improve mental health, physical health and overall quality of life,\u201d added Yeo. \u201cOur findings can help policymakers, health professionals and social service providers build stronger support networks that promote thriving across different areas of life and contribute to overall well-being.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apa.org\/news\/press\/releases\/2025\/10\/knowing-help-is-there\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">American Psychological Association<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People who feel supported by their family, friends and colleagues tend to thrive mentally, physically and socially, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association. &#8220;This study underscores the importance of considering the associations between multiple types and sources of perceived social support and multiple domains of human thriving,\u201d lead author GeckHong Yeo, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-no-separators","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,14],"tags":[322],"class_list":["post-30689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mental-health","category-student-success","tag-national-university-of-singapore"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"The University Network","author_link":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/home\/author\/funky_junkie\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"People who feel supported by their family, friends and colleagues tend to thrive mentally, physically and socially, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association. &#8220;This study underscores the importance of considering the associations between multiple types and sources of perceived social support and multiple domains of human thriving,\u201d lead author GeckHong Yeo,&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30689"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30709,"href":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30689\/revisions\/30709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}