Examined the specific interpersonal behaviors that convey support from one person to
another, the types of interpersonal experiences that characterize individuals who report high …

Psychological correlates of social support receipt were examined in an investigation of
stress and coping among 150 middle-aged community residents. Subjects were interviewed …

The purpose of this article is to determine whether the positive association between social
support and well-being is attributable more to an overall beneficial effect of support (main-or …

Conceptual and methodological issues in the study of social support. Conceptual and
methodological issues in the study of social support. Citation Wortman, CB, & Dunkel-Schetter, C …

American Journal of Community Psychology, Vol. 12, No. 1, 1984 The Inventory of Socially
Supportive Behaviors: Dimensionality, Prediction, and Gender Differences1 Joseph P …

Cross-sectional analyses of data collected from a large sample of incoming college
freshmen were used to determine (a) whether the perceived availability of social support …

Bumper stickers reading" Friends can be good medicine!" were distributed by the California
Department of Mental Health in 1981 as part of a statewide health promotion initiative …

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 …

Considerable controversy has centered on the role of social support in the stress process.
Some theorists (Cassel, 1976; Cobb, 1976; Kaplan, Cassel, & Gore, 1977) have argued that …

During the last decade, the study of social support has relied heavily on recipients' reports of
perceived support. However, such reports of support may reflect not only actual supportive …