Beginning in the early 1980s, many researchers started to conceptualize support not as a
unitary concept but rather as a mixture of several different concepts. The social support …

Conclusion The SS‐B appears to be a promising measure of five modes of available
supportive behavior: emotional support, socializing, practical assistance, financial …

A rapidly expanding literature documents the effects of social support on physical and
psychological well-being. Although definitions vary, most include both tangible components …

Definitions and concepts of social support are reviewed in an attempt to develop a
theoretical structure for future research. Fourteen techniques for measuring social support …

Social support literature has been criticized for lacking methodological clarity. The purpose
of this study was to conduct a systematic descriptive review of the social support literature …

To obtain a clearer picture of what constitutes social support, we conducted three studies to
compare measures of different conceptions of social support. Relations of these instruments …

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 …

With the plethora of articles describing a relationship between social support and/or social
network and health status, it was considered useful to take stock of the current status of …

Distinctions among concepts and approaches to assessing social support are made, and
published generic and specialized measures of social support are reviewed. Depending on …

This chapter considers the measurement of supportive functions that are perceived to be
available if needed (perceived support) or functions that are reported to be recently provided …