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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... expects ( and is expected ) to establish a home of their own ( and one that ideally will house only two generations ) , a Tiv woman goes to live with her husband , who , in turn , continues to reside in the household occupied by his ...
... expects ( and is expected ) to establish a home of their own ( and one that ideally will house only two generations ) , a Tiv woman goes to live with her husband , who , in turn , continues to reside in the household occupied by his ...
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... expected to be especially accurate . There are two likely sorts of inaccuracies . One sort is in judgments regarding the amounts of support expected . An individ- ual may either believe that there is more support available than actually ...
... expected to be especially accurate . There are two likely sorts of inaccuracies . One sort is in judgments regarding the amounts of support expected . An individ- ual may either believe that there is more support available than actually ...
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... expected . Further , there is reason to believe that effective support dissipates under some circumstances where people who need support expected sustained high quality support to be available . What possible factors , then , might ...
... expected . Further , there is reason to believe that effective support dissipates under some circumstances where people who need support expected sustained high quality support to be available . What possible factors , then , might ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 3 |
1 the conceptualization | 4 |
Traditional Views of Social Support and Their Impact | 9 |
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