Abstract Social support for relationships is an important predictor of relationship well-being, duration, and mental and physical health. But does the source of the support matter? This article examines whether there is potential moderation by the ingroup versus outgroup status of the person offering the support. Specifically, in a sample of 407 individuals in mixed-sex versus same-sex relationships, we assessed how much social support individuals perceived for their relationship from members of their social network who were queer versus straight. Those in same-sex relationships had significantly more queer members within their social networks than those in mixed-sex relationships (38.6% vs. 8.1%). We found that although those in both types of relationships perceived more support for their relationships from ingroup network members, only those in mixed-sex relationships demonstrated a stronger association between ingroup (straight) support and relationship well-being. Those in same-sex relationships showed relatively weak associations between network members’ support for the relationship and their relationship well-being, regardless of source. Results are interpreted in light of the social identity perspective, and we also discuss the potential for attributional ambiguity and discounting of others’ opinions about their relationships within the context of same-sex relationships.

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您会知道些什么？处理同伴或异性恋恋爱关系的内向与外向管理

摘要社会对关系的支持是关系幸福感，持续时间以及身心健康的重要预测指标。但是支持的来源很重要吗？本文研究了提供支持者的团体内或团体外状态是否存在潜在的节制。具体而言，在407名具有混血和同性关系的个体的样本中，我们评估了社交网络中同志或异族成员对他们的关系所感知的社会支持个体。同性关系中的社交网络中比同性关系中的同伴多得多（38.6％比8.1％）。我们发现，尽管两种关系中的人都认为团体网络成员对其关系的支持更多，只有那些具有异性恋关系的人才能表现出团体内（直接）支持与关系幸福感之间的较强关联。同性关系者显示，网络成员对关系的支持与其关系幸福感之间的关联相对较弱，无论其来源如何。根据社会身份的角度来解释结果，并且我们还讨论了在同性关系的背景下归因歧义和其他人对其关系的看法贬低的可能性。