Matos M, et al. - Researchers performed a longitudinal study to determine the direct effects of social support for functional autonomy/dependence on pain-related disability and to ascertain the mediating role of physical functioning, pain-related self-efficacy, and fear. In addition, they investigated whether pain duration and pain intensity moderate such mediating processes. As per findings, for pain-related disability, social support for functional dependence was a risk factor. Here, the “why” and “when” of this relationship were also revealed. They drew implications for the design of social support interventions aiming at promoting older adults' healthy aging despite chronic pain.