There is an increasing interest to include measures of social support in population surveys
of chronic disease risk. The choice among a variety of measurement instruments, however …

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

With the plethora of articles describing a relationship between social support and/or social
network and health status, it was considered useful to take stock of the current status of …

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 …

STUDY OBJECTIVE--The aims were:(1) to identify methodological problems that may
explain the inconsistencies and contradictions in the research evidence on social support …

METHODS The selection of study subjects has been previ ously described. 15 Members of
households regis tered with the Family Medical Care Center at the University of Missouri …

Abstract 4,976 Ss (aged 14–66 yrs), of whom 54% were female, were administered a social
support questionnaire that measured social participation, interpersonal interaction, and …

Social support research has been hampered by a lack of clarity both in the definitions of
social support and in the conceptualization of its effects on health outcomes. The present …

This paper describes the development and evaluation of a brief, multidimensional, self-
administered, social support survey that was developed for patients in the Medical …

This chapter considers social networks and social support as predictive factors for health
status. We cover the relation of social variables to morbidity, mortality, and recovery from …