Social Support: An Interactional ViewBarbara R. Sarason, Irwin G. Sarason, Gregory R. Pierce Focuses on one of the fastest-growing areas of psychological research and application, that of social support and its relevance to socialization, development and clinical concerns. Included are up-to-date findings on assessment of social support, the contribution of social support to personal relationships, its importance in personality development, applications in dealing with stressful situations, practical applications in prevention and therapeutic intervention in clinical and community settings. Approaches discussed include clinical and field studies, experimental investigations and empirical inquiries that take a life-span developmental perspective. |
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An Interactional View Barbara R. Sarason, Irwin G. Sarason, Gregory R. Pierce. Selective Interaction 12 For years , researchers have entertained the notion that people seek social contexts that will give them self - confirmatory feedback ...
An Interactional View Barbara R. Sarason, Irwin G. Sarason, Gregory R. Pierce. Selective Interaction 12 For years , researchers have entertained the notion that people seek social contexts that will give them self - confirmatory feedback ...
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... views foster perceptions of control , which , in turn , promote health . Although there is no direct evidence that this is the case , several investigations of the relationship among self ... Self to Health : Self - verification and Identity ...
... views foster perceptions of control , which , in turn , promote health . Although there is no direct evidence that this is the case , several investigations of the relationship among self ... Self to Health : Self - verification and Identity ...
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... self - views — even if their self - views happen to be negative . Skeptics , however , invariably point out that although people with negative selfviews may prefer unfavorable feedback on a cognitive level , they do not feel very good ...
... self - views — even if their self - views happen to be negative . Skeptics , however , invariably point out that although people with negative selfviews may prefer unfavorable feedback on a cognitive level , they do not feel very good ...
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1 the conceptualization | 4 |
INTRODUCTION | 7 |
What Structural Equation Modeling Can Tell Us About | 26 |
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