Recent findings often show a robust relationship in which social and emotional support from
others can be protective for health. The next generation of studies must explain, however …

This chapter shows how basic research within the tradition of personality and social
psychology informs our understanding of the links between perceived social support and …

Background There is growing evidence that social support is important for physical and
psychological health as well as for survival (House et al., 1988). Unfortunately there have …

Social support refers to one's social bonds, social integration, and primary group relations–
all concepts central to sociological theory and research. Social bonds and supportive …

People are, by nature, social animals, and group living is thought to be one of the most
significant evolutionary mechanisms by which human beings have survived and thrived …

Social support has been reliably related to physical health outcomes. However, an
examination of mediators of such links has been slowed by the lack of understanding …

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 …

A lack of social connections has long been noted as a risk factor for poor physical health
outcomes. A burgeoning body of research also suggests that the positive or negative …

Relationships between social support and coping were examined over a one-year period in
a sample (n= 120) exposed to a specific stressor (ie a spinal cord injury). Two issues were …

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 …