Distinctions among concepts and approaches to assessing social support are made, and
published generic and specialized measures of social support are reviewed. Depending on …

This review discusses neurobiological and psychosocial factors associated with stress-
induced depression and compares these factors with those believed to characterize stress …

During the COVID-19 outbreak, lockdown measures have been deployed worldwide. In the
wake of these measures, internet and social media use has reached unprecedented peaks …

New York Times bestselling author and neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin shifts his keen
insights from your brain on music to your brain in a sea of details. The information age is …

We present a theory of communal coping that describes an optimal pathway to patient
adjustment among couples in which one person faces a chronic illness. Communal coping …

This fully updated third edition of the highly praised Cognition and Emotion provides a
comprehensive overview of contemporary research on both normal emotional experience …

This chapter considers the measurement of supportive functions that are perceived to be
available if needed (perceived support) or functions that are reported to be recently provided …

Self-efficacy, optimism and social support have been consistently related to health and
functioning. In this study a specific hypothesis was tested: self-efficacy expectations, as a …

Chronic diseases carry important psychological and social consequences that demand
significant psychological adjustment. The literature is providing increasingly nuanced …

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