Social support is defined as information leading the subject to believe that he is cared for
and loved, esteemed, and a member of a network of mutual obligations. The evidence that …

Group living is perhaps the most significant adaptation of primate species, including human
beings. Whereas other animals are armed with weapons, such as sharp teeth or claws, and …

The concepts of social support and stress have been closely tied in both theoretical and
empirical work on the influence of support on health and well-being (Cassell, 1976; Cobb …

In the last decade a great deal of research has been devoted to the question whether social
support has a favorable impact on the maintenance of physical health and on coping with …

It is generally assumed that social support has a favorable impact on the maintenance of
health and on coping with illness. However, results are inconsistent and even conflicting …

Social support has been one of the most intensely studied psychosocial factors in health
since research in this area began in the mid-1970s. From the very beginning, a major goal of …

Bumper stickers reading" Friends can be good medicine!" were distributed by the California
Department of Mental Health in 1981 as part of a statewide health promotion initiative …

Conclusion Direct (or Main) Effect Nlodel A theoretical model of social support that suggests
that social support enhances health and well-being irrespective of stress exposure …

Considerable controversy has centered on the role of social support in the stress process.
Some theorists (Cassel, 1976; Cobb, 1976; Kaplan, Cassel, & Gore, 1977) have argued that …

Numerous studies have now found that social support acts to mitigate some of the
undesirable consequences of the stress process. Thus, whereas life events and daily …