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A Test of the Social Support Hypothesis

British Journal of Psychiatry, 1987
As a test of the social support hypothesis, highly anxious primiparous mothers were assigned in the post-natal stage to either a professional intervention, a lay intervention or to a control group. It was hypothesised that those receiving an active intervention (be it lay or professional assistance) would become less anxious as a consequence of a ...
G, Parker, B, Barnett
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Social support and pregnancy outcome

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 1990
Summary. A total of 509 women with a history of a low‐birthweight (LBW, <2500 g) baby were recruited from the antenatal booking clinics of four hospitals and randomized to receive either a social support intervention in pregnancy in addition to standard antenatal care (the intervention group) or standard antenatal care only (the control group).
A, Oakley, L, Rajan, A, Grant
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Delivery of social support: The social inoculation.

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 1982
A review of the literature on health breakdown and susceptibility to mental and physical illness points to a pervasive relationship between health status and the insufficiency or disruption of interpersonal ties. Social marginality and loss are commonly associated with high incidence of breakdown in diverse forms.
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The Social Support Social Dissupport Continuum

Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 1988
A person's network embodies "the good, the bad, and the ugly" of all social relationships. The nature of these relationships may be conceptualized as a continuum between social support and social dissupport. Social support, as a product of relationships that facilitate growth, generates self-esteem and assists in assuming appropriate societal roles ...
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Categorization and Social Norms Support

2008
Social Norms proliferate in societies as a mechanism for self-organization. This kind of norms are not enforced by a central authority and the individuals of the society are those responsible for their generation and maintenance. The maintenance process is what is known as norm support and is supported by several mechanisms like for example laws ...
Daniel Villatoro, Jordi Sabater-Mir
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Private support and social securityPrivate support and social security

Journal of Population Economics, 1998
The issue is addressed whether assistance to persons in need can be left to the `family' and the `community'. In that case people depend on their social networks. The support a person receives through a given network of social ties is examined. However, ties are diverse and subject to change.
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A Social Support Measure

Nursing Research, 1987
The Personal Resource Questionnaire (PRQ) was developed in 1981 to measure situational and perceived social support. This article presents the history of its development and the latest psychometric evaluation of the tool. Nurturance subscale items were rewritten to reflect a broader context of behaviors toward persons of any age.
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Social Support

2006
Abstract Group living is perhaps the most significant adaptation of primate species, including human beings. Whereas other animals are armed with weapons, such as sharp teeth or claws, and defensive resources, such as thick skin and speed, primate species depend critically on group living for survival (Caporeal, 1997; Dunbar, 1996). This
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Social support and posttraumatic stress disorder: A meta-analysis of longitudinal studies

Clinical Psychology Review, 2021
Na Wang, Justin Kenardy
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Social support at work: An integrative review

Journal of Organizational Behavior, 2021
Phillip Jolly, Kyoung Yong Kim, Dejun Kong   +2 more
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