Close and caring relationships are undeniably linked to health and well-being at all stages in the life span. Yet the specific pathways through which close relationships promote optimal well-being are not well understood. In this article, we present a model of thriving through relationships to provide a theoretical foundation for identifying the specific interpersonal processes that underlie the effects of close relationships on thriving. This model highlights two life contexts through which people may potentially thrive (coping successfully with life's adversities and actively pursuing life opportunities for growth and development), it proposes two relational support functions that are fundamental to the experience of thriving in each life context, and it identifies mediators through which relational support is likely to have long-term effects on thriving. This perspective highlights the need for researchers to take a new look at social support by conceptualizing it as an interpersonal process with a focus on thriving.

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对社会支持的新看法：通过关系蓬勃发展的理论视角。

无可否认，亲密和关爱的关系与生命周期各个阶段的健康和福祉息息相关。然而，亲密关系促进最佳福祉的具体途径尚不清楚。在本文中，我们提出了一个通过关系实现繁荣的模型，为识别密切关系对繁荣产生影响的特定人际过程提供了理论基础。该模型强调了人们可能蓬勃发展的两种生活环境（成功应对生活中的逆境和积极追求成长和发展的生活机会），它提出了两种关系支持功能，这对于每种生活环境中的繁荣体验至关重要，并且确定关系支持可能对繁荣产生长期影响的中介因素。这一观点强调了研究人员需要重新审视社会支持，将其概念化为注重繁荣的人际过程。