The health and well‐being consequences of social isolation and loneliness in old age are
increasingly being recognised. The purpose of this scoping review was to take stock of the …

Background Depression is one of the most prevalent mental disorders globally and has
implications for various aspects of everyday-life. To date, studies assessing the association …

Daily stressors, compared to traumatic events, are increasingly recognized as important risk
factors for mental health. The role of general self-efficacy on the relationship between daily …

Although social support is widely considered to be protective against depression, the
mechanisms through which it acts on depressive psychopathology are not well known. This …

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

Objectives Breast cancer (BC) can be a traumatic and stressful experience for women, but
there are wide‐ranging differences in the ways in which women respond and adapt to bc …

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 …

BACKGROUND: Little research has examined the role of protective factors such as
psychological resilience, unit support, and postdeployment social support in buffering …

Background Little is known of the importance of social support in the associations between
psychological distress and somatic health problems and socio-economic factors among …

Objectives Self-compassion may play a role in protecting one's self-efficacy in the face of
failures. While research suggests a positive association between self-compassion and self …