Social support is regarded as a complex construct which has long been suggested to have
direct and buffering effects on patients' wellbeing and emotional adjustment to cancer. Cross …

Individuals diagnosed with head and neck cancer (HNC) not only face a potentially life-
threatening diagnosis but must endure treatment that often results in significant, highly …

The authors addressed the specific role of and contradictory results previously obtained
regarding ethnic versus host support networks in influencing directly and/or buffering the …

This investigation examines child and teacher perceptions of teacher–child relationships
among 157 children (M age= 6.1) who attended 12 full-day kindergarten classrooms in a …

The vast majority of immigration-focused research in psychology is rooted in deficit models
that center on negative health outcomes (eg, depression, acculturative stress, anxiety …

A new measure of women's relationships, the Relational Health Indices (RHI), comprises
three scales that assess growth‐fostering connections with peers, mentors, and …

In this study, we compared perceived discrimination and its influence on psychological
stress symptoms, and general health status in a nation‐wide probability sample of …

Background Social support has been considered a fundamental component of promoting
parent and child well-being. Best understood as a multi-faceted resource, perceived and …

Leena Mikkola tutki väitöskirjassaan potilaan ja hoitajan välistä vuorovaikutusta ja tuen
merkityksiä. Mikkola selvitti tuen erityispiirteitä, jotka liittyvät potilaan ja hoitajan väliseen …

Background: In support of professional practice, asynchronous communication between the
patient and the provider is implemented separately or in combination with Internet-based …