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Social Support: Theory, Research and Applications

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    Book Overview
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    Chapter 1 Conceptual and Theoretical Dilemmas Facing Social Support Research
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    Chapter 2 Social Support: Theoretical Advances, Recent Findings and Pressing Issues
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    Chapter 3 Social Support — Insights From Assessment and Experimentation
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    Chapter 4 Social Support and Psychological Well-Being: Theoretical Possibilities
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    Chapter 5 Measuring the Functional Components of Social Support
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    Chapter 6 Social Support and Social Health
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    Chapter 7 Social Networks and the Ecology of Human Development: Theory, Research and Application
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    Chapter 8 Longitudinal Course of Social Support Among Men in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging
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    Chapter 9 Intimacy, Social Support, and Locus of Control as Moderators of Stress
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    Chapter 10 Coping Styles, Social Support and Sex-Differences
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    Chapter 11 A Conceptualization of Professional Women’s Interpersonal Fields: Social Support, Reference Groups, and Persons-To-Be-Reckoned-With
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    Chapter 12 From Social Support to Social Network
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    Chapter 13 The Psychology of Loneliness: Some Personality Issues in the Study of Social Support
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    Chapter 14 The Functions of Social Bonds: Perspectives From Research on Social Support, Loneliness and Social Isolation
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    Chapter 15 Loneliness Research: Basic Concepts and Findings
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    Chapter 16 Perceived Support and Social Interaction Among Friends and Confidants
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    Chapter 17 Life Stress and Human Disorder: Conceptualization and Measurement of the Disordered Group
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    Chapter 18 Life Events, Social Support and Clinical Psychiatric Disorder
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    Chapter 19 Social Support, Life Events and Depression
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    Chapter 20 Social Support and Children of Divorce
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    Chapter 21 Limitations of Social Support in the Stress Process
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    Chapter 22 Theory into Practice: Issues That Surface in Planning Interventions Which Mobilize Support
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    Chapter 23 Social Support and the Alleviation Of Loss
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    Chapter 24 Reactions to Victims of Life Crises: Support Attempts That Fail
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    Chapter 25 The Costs of Caring: A Perspective on the Relationship Between Sex and Psychological Distress
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Title
Social Support: Theory, Research and Applications
Published by
Springer, Dordrecht, April 1985
DOI 10.1007/978-94-009-5115-0
ISBNs
978-9-40-108761-2, 978-9-40-095115-0, 978-9-02-473162-6
Editors

Irwin G. Sarason, Barbara R. Sarason

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Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 1%
United States 1 1%
Greece 1 1%
Unknown 65 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 10 15%
Student > Ph. D. Student 10 15%
Lecturer 6 9%
Student > Bachelor 4 6%
Student > Postgraduate 4 6%
Other 11 16%
Unknown 23 34%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 12 18%
Social Sciences 10 15%
Business, Management and Accounting 6 9%
Medicine and Dentistry 5 7%
Nursing and Health Professions 4 6%
Other 7 10%
Unknown 24 35%