Years of research have uncovered a great deal about the complexity of social support
(Sarason & Sarason, 1985; Sarason, Sarason, & Pierce, 1990; Vaux, 1988). Overall, social …

Covariance structure analyses were carried out on the Inventory of Socially Supportive
Behaviors (ISSB; Barrera, Sandler, & Ramsey, 1981) to corroborate a hypothesized four …

Research indicates that socially supportive relationships and effective social networks have
therapeutic value in mental and physical health. It is now widely believed by counselors and …

In response to the charge by House and Kahn (1985) that there is lack of specificity in
conceptualization and measurement of the social support construct, this paper suggests the …

Where once analysts tended to treat social support as a single global concept, most now
distinguish between types of supportive behaviors, eg, emotional and material aid. Yet many …

Abstract" Social Support" comprehensively evaluates research and theory from the
perspective of both the scientist and human service provider. This work is sure to become …

Although research on social support has generated findings that are key to the study of
social and personal relationships, scholars have yet to deal with a number of conceptual …

Summary and Conclusions Cohen and Syme (1985) suggested that the most
methodologically sound way of assessing the stress-buffering properties of different …

There is a need for a greater understanding of factors that influence individuals' satisfaction
with social support. Theory and research on recipient reactions to aid guided the selection of …

The present article applies Cobb's original formulation of the social support construct and
elaborates a theoretical and empirical framework employing the interpersonal circumplex …