Developmental processes of social support and cultural influences: A review and future directions from a cultural psychology perspective

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The review explores how cultural differences affect the understanding and provision of social support during child development stages.
Analyzed previous research on the cultural meanings of social support across different societies.
Investigated how values and norms shape children's social support experiences in various cultural contexts.
Proposed a cultural psychology approach to better understand social support development.
Cultural variations in social support are evident by middle childhood.
Children learn to provide and receive social support influenced by the values of mature cultural members.
Highlights the need to expand research on the psychological processes involved in receiving social support.

Review examines cultural impacts on social support development in children, suggesting future research directions.

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Tanaka et al. (2026) studied this question.

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