IN HUMAN CoMMUNICATION sysTEMs, what is the function of social support in the
etiology, precipitation, course and recovery from disease? In what way does social support …

Almost four decades ago, in Illness, Immunity, and Social Interaction, Moss (1973) described
the function of social support as providinggeneral social therapy for all types of incongruities …

Social support provides general social therapy for all types of incongruities one may
encounter, soothing and relieving the symptoms of the person encountering the incongruity …

Early research on life‐stress grappled with the question of whether significant lifeevents
bring about changes in health status. The emphasis has now shifted to the identification of …

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 …

It is generally assumed that social support has a favorable impact on the maintenance of
health and on coping with illness. However, results are inconsistent and even conflicting …

The objective of this research note is to challenge the research community to develop a
cumulative body of knowledge on the relationship between social support and health …

The chapter deals with social factors and how they might exert an influence on health and
longevity. First, a distinction is made between the concepts of social integration and social …

It rains on both the loved and the unloved. At least that is what conventional wisdom among
the folk teaches us. Among the folk who work in health care, there is a corollary truism that …

Discusses the current interest in psychological and health-protective effects of social
support, which is derived from epidemiological and public health models of disease etiology …