Background Social support is associated with better health. However, only a limited number
of studies have examined the association of social support with health from the adult life …

Objectives Perceived social support is associated with better mental health. There has been
limited attention to how these relationships are modified by age and gender. We assessed …

Background Cross-sectional studies have reported associations between social support and
health, but prospective evidence is less conclusive. This study aims to investigate the …

Knowledge about the relation of social support to health status originated in several lines of
research. Epidemiological studies that included measures of social networks showed that …

Background: Numerous studies have demonstrated an association between social support
and health, almost regardless of how social support and health have been conceptualised …

This study provided a comprehensive assessment of the association between social support
and health using longitudinal data from the Veterans Health Study. Unlike previous studies …

Social support is a construct that has been widely studied by members of the Mental Health
Section of the American Sociological Association. The term social support, in contrast to …

The evidence that social support is beneficial to health and that social isolation leads to ill
health is now considerable. Social support has a positive effect on many different aspects of …

Objectives: The objectives of this study were to examine: 1) whether the relationship
between social network types, depressive symptoms and life satisfaction is mediated by …

Objectives To examine whether the association between emotional support and indicators of
health and quality of life differs between Canadian and Latin American older adults. Design …