The measurement of the concept of social support is critical to researchers interested in
examining the role that support plays in the development and treatment of mental health …

This article describes 2 studies testing hypotheses that perceived social support operates in
part as a cognitive personality construct. Both studies found that perceived support …

Considerable controversy has centered on the role of social support in the stress process.
Some theorists (Cassel, 1976; Cobb, 1976; Kaplan, Cassel, & Gore, 1977) have argued that …

The development of a brief measure to assess satisfaction with obtained social support
using Simultaneous Components Analysis (SCA) is described. In the first study the …

We hope that you were able to answer" yes" to this question from Procidano and Heller's
(1983) perceived social support scale, because" yes" answers across a number of similar …

Abstract focuses on how social support influences coping with stressful life events and their
prevention/discuss the issues of the conceptualization and assessment of the social support …

Abstract Describes the Social Support Questionnaire (SSQ) and 4 empirical studies
employing it. The SSQ yields scores for (a) perceived number of social supports and (b) …

Although there is a great deal of research linking social support with favourable
psychological well-being outcomes a number of contradictory findings have been published …

American Journal of Community Psychology, Vol. 14, No. 1, 1986 Social Support as a
Multifaceted Concept: Examination of Important Dimensions for Adjustment'Joan Fiore, 2 …

The thesis of this review is that the global concept of social support should be abandoned in
favor of more precise concepts that fit narrower models of stress-distress relationships …