… measurement of social support has also been problematic. This is not to say, however, that
measures of social support … other assessment tools purport to measure this construct. Many of …

… Today there are still debates on and multiple definitions of social support. Likewise, there …
to measure social support. Yet there are common threads of agreement: that social support has …

… The purpose of this study is to introduce a measure of natural supportive behaviors for use
in studies that examine the relationship between stress, social support, and health among …

… designed to measure social support are evaluated. Five aspects of social support are identified
… The purpose of this discussion is to facilitate the study of social support by clarifying the …

… a better measure of stress-related social support as opposed to general social support. …
the relationships between individual dimensions of social support and specific outcomes in …

… to measure social support. It consists of two parts: the … social support studies has been
conducted, using a considerable number of questionnaires for the measurement of social support (…

… social supports play in protecting people from the pathogenic effects of stress. By social
supports, … "buffering" hypothesis--that social support protects persons from the pathogenic effects …

… , the Norbeck Social Support Questionnaire, designed to measure multiple dimensions of
social support. Based on Kahn's (1979) conceptual definitions of social support and definitions …

… social support are reviewed in an attempt to develop a theoretical structure for future research.
Fourteen techniques for measuring social support … base about social support is proposed. …

… The relationship between stress and social support and the well-being of individuals has …
Outcomes of this line of research suggested that social support may be a key variable in …