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 …

Topics include: historical development of social support research; the ascendancy of the
stress-buffering perspective; the disaggregation of social support processes (disaggregating …

Despite plentiful evidence of a link between social support and adaptation to stress, we still
know virtually nothing about why this connection exists. This paper is designed to help the …

Social support is broad term encompassing a variety of constructs, including support
perceptions (perceived support) and receipt of supportive behaviors (received support). Of …

Points out that the multifaceted role of relationships in conjunction with social support
perceptions or receipt can greatly enhance understanding of both the process of social …

This entry includes the following topics: concepts and measures of social support;
development of the social support construct; conclusions.(PsycInfo Database Record (c) …

The study of social support and its relationship to personality, health, and adjustment is one
of the fastest growing areas of research and application in psychology." Social Support: An …

Although perceived support is influenced by both the personality traits of support recipients
as well as various social factors, it is unknown to what extent these two types of influences …

This study investigated the extent to which the link between perceived social support and
affect reflected support recipients' trait perceived support as well as three distinct social …