Two studies were conducted to develop and validate the Sense of Support Scale (SSS).
Study I, which consisted of scale development and an evaluation with a sample of corporate …

The past two decades have witnessed an explosion in the number of studies investigating
the relationships between the occurrence of a wide variety of social stressors and both …

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 …

A wide variety of measures have been used to assess the effects of social support on both
physical and psychological status. Information on the reliability and validity of many of these …

A rapidly expanding literature documents the effects of social support on physical and
psychological well-being. Although definitions vary, most include both tangible components …

Recent social support theory predicts that people derive initial social support judgments
about others from global qualities, such as attitudes, values, and personality. This article …

Research has shown that a variety of physical and psychological disorders occur more
frequently among individuals lacking social support. Accordingly, research on social support …

The concept of social support and its relationship to physical health and psychological well‐
being has been well documented. However, little empirical research has been conducted …

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

Previous social support research had demonstrated the presence of either main (network) or
buffering (interaction) effects as factors that mitigated the impact of life stress. To date, two …