Purpose The stress‐buffering hypothesis (Cohen & McKay, 1984, Handbook of psychology
and health IV: Social psychological aspects of health (pp. 253–256). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence …

We employed meta-analytic techniques to examine the validity of the claim that social
support and social negativity are unrelated. It was hypothesized that the inverse relation …

This manuscript discusses the development, impact, and several major research findings of
studies in the area of social network support and health outcomes. The review focuses …

Public health and epidemiologic research have established that social connectedness
promotes overall health. Yet there have been no recent reviews of findings from research …

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 …

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between social support and
health outcome variables, and the effect size of social support on health outcomes. Meta …

Previous research has found mixed results regarding the stress buffering effects of social
support. In an attempt to explain these findings, we build on the social identity approach …

Social support research has suffered from a constricted range of methodological
approaches and poorly developed theory. A more theory-driven approach would not only be …

La présente recherche étudie si différents types de soutien se distinguent entre eux et
évalue si la relation" stress/conséquences" dépend du type et/ou de la source du soutien …

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate overall relationships between well-
being and social support through meta-analysis. Studies which investigated associations …