Communicating Social SupportAlbrecht and Adelman address theoretical and methodological issues for understanding the social support process in everyday life. They contend that social support is inextricably linked to communication behaviour and that the logical and empirical link between the two is long overdue. @3They present a theoretical overview (including strategies for measuring social support), examine support in specific settings and consider the dilemmas of supportive communication. They also discuss future directions for research and practice. |
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... individuals maintain at a given time , ties with " significant others " play a particularly crucial role in providing social support . The term personal network refers to an individual's social network that consists of close ...
... individuals maintain at a given time , ties with " significant others " play a particularly crucial role in providing social support . The term personal network refers to an individual's social network that consists of close ...
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... individual faced with the uncertainty of a health threat turns to information to relieve anxiety . Dervin ( 1976 ) ... individual's underlying beliefs . Accord- ing to these authors , people construct a representation of their ill ...
... individual faced with the uncertainty of a health threat turns to information to relieve anxiety . Dervin ( 1976 ) ... individual's underlying beliefs . Accord- ing to these authors , people construct a representation of their ill ...
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Terrance Albrecht Mara B. Adelman. helpful to practitioners for deciding whether an individual's net- work held ... individual through a network member ) . Circumstances when support from formal services could be more helpful than ...
Terrance Albrecht Mara B. Adelman. helpful to practitioners for deciding whether an individual's net- work held ... individual through a network member ) . Circumstances when support from formal services could be more helpful than ...
Contents
Benjamin H Gottlieb | 11 |
A Theoretical Perspective | 18 |
The Nature of Supportive Interactions | 30 |
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