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Pets as social support

Nursing Older People, 2007
Healthcare professionals are becoming more aware of the important role social support plays in the lives of patients. In older adults such relationships may facilitate activity, provide a sense of purpose, and may even assist with continued robust cognitive functioning.
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Type A and Social Support

Behavioral Medicine, 1989
This investigation tested Matthews's hypothesis, which proposed that reduced social support may be one of the mediators of susceptibility to coronary disease in Type A individuals. In addition, sex differences were hypothesized to be an important aspect of the findings.
Kay F. Schaffer, Denis J. Lynch
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Social Support and Health

Medical Care, 1977
IN HUMAN COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, what is the function of social support in the etiology, precipitation, course and recovery from disease? In what way does social support ameliorate stress? In what ways does social support act to promote health? While many researchers30 have speculated on the importance of social support and a few have proclaimed it to ...
Susan Gore   +2 more
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Impact of social commerce constructs and social support on social commerce intentions

Information Technology and People, 2019
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the influence of social commerce constructs (SCCs), social support and relationship quality on social commerce intentions, which lead to use behaviour of social networking sites for social commerce ...
Zaryab Sheikh   +4 more
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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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Prenatal Social Support, Postnatal Social Support, and Postpartum Depression

Annals of Epidemiology, 2009
To assess the association of antenatal and postnatal social support with postpartum depression (PPD).We carried out a prospective cohort study of 534 pregnant women between February and September 2007 in Hunan, China. The association between prenatal and postnatal social support with PPD was examined.A total of 103 (19.29%) women had PPD.
Shi Wu Wen   +5 more
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Social support and transplantation

Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation, 2022
Purpose of review Social support has many benefits for patients undergoing organ transplantation, though inclusion of it as criteria for transplant listing has been debated. This review highlights recent developments in the research regarding social support and organ transplantation, including the impact of social support on ...
Heather, Bruschwein   +2 more
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A meta-analytic review of the association between perceived social support and depression in childhood and adolescence.

Psychological bulletin, 2016
This meta-analysis evaluated the relation between social support and depression in youth and compared the cumulative evidence for 2 theories that have been proposed to explain this association: the general benefits (GB; also known as main effects) and ...
S. Y. Rueger   +4 more
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Social Support

2010
Chapter 6 discusses social support, including its benefits, types of support (emotional, information, practical, belonging), identifying a social support network, things to consider in developing and using support, and problems that may occur when support needs are met (decreasing isolation, asking for support, your ability to provide care and support ...
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Social Interaction and Social Support

Journal of Social Issues, 1984
Typical research models of social support are overly simple on two grounds. First, they treat social support as exogenous to the model. That is, models incorporate the effects of social support on stressors and on psychological distress, but typically ignore the influences of stressors, psychological distress, personal characteristics of recipients ...
Stanley Lehmann   +2 more
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