In this chapter, we discuss assessment of perceived social support with respect to three
inseparable issues: defining perceived support, selecting particular approaches to assess it …

Social support research has suffered from a constricted range of methodological
approaches and poorly developed theory. A more theory-driven approach would not only be …

The work of 47 contributors from the US, Canada, and Israel, the Sourcebook gives special
attention to the complexity of the social support construct, expanding the field's theoretical …

This chapter is intended to serve several purposes. We begin by reviewing the concept of
social support and its implications for assessment, an activity that has preoccupied social …

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

People's perceptions of the social support they have available can have an important impact
on their social adjustment and their ability to cope with stress. Moreover, this influence …

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 …

This article reviews the development of a program of research on social support. It began
with the construction of an instrument to assess overall support and determination of its …

Abstract presents a brief historical review of the origins of the social support construct and
then assesses the positive and negative aspects of three major conceptions of social …

The multifaceted nature of social support has become more widely recognized in theory and
research. Specifically, a consensus is emerging on the distinctions among support …