In this review, the authors examine the evidence linking social support to physiological
processes and characterize the potential mechanisms responsible for these covariations. A …

Background The literature on patient adherence to treatment includes hundreds of empirical
studies. A comprehensive examination of the findings requires the organization and …

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

The thesis of this review is that the global concept of social support should be abandoned in
favor of more precise concepts that fit narrower models of stress-distress relationships …

This article examines the definition, importance, conceptual basis, and functional nature of
content validity, with an emphasis on psychological assessment in clinical situations. The …

We define social support as “an exchange of resources between two individuals perceived
by the provider or the recipient to be intended to enhance the well‐being of the recipient.” …

It is difficult now to reconstruct the logic that led us to believe that the nature of human
relationships—the degree to which an individual is interconnected and embedded in a …

Abstract The Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS) is a population-based, longitudinal study of
coronary heart disease and stroke in adults aged 65 years and older. The main objective of …

Social network services are emerging as a promising IT-based business, with some services
already being provided commercially such as Facebook, Cyworld and Xiaonei. However, it …

In a review of the literature from 1948 to 2001, 122 studies were found that correlated
structural or functional social support with patient adherence to medical regimens. Meta …