...Alessandro Sparacio; Ivan Ropovik; Gabriela Jiga-Boy; Adar Cem Lağap; Hans IJzerman; Don van Ravenzwaaij In this meta-analysis, the authors investigated whether being in nature and emotional social support are reliable strategies to downregulate stress. We retrieved all the relevant articles...

... involves the effort of another person. People themselves may also vary in the extent to which they see the effort of time-saving purchases as a benefit (vs. burden) to the service provider. To begin to unpack these issues, we turned to the social support literature. Research in social psychology shows...