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Handbook of Social Support and the Family

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    Book Overview
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    Chapter 1 Conceptualizing and Assessing Social Support in the Context of the Family
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    Chapter 2 Information Processing Approaches to the Study of Relationship and Social Support Schemata
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    Chapter 3 Social Support in Marriage
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    Chapter 4 Social Support in Its Cultural Context
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    Chapter 5 The Neglected Links between Marital Support and Marital Satisfaction
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    Chapter 6 The Socialization of Emotional Support Skills in Childhood
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    Chapter 7 Attachment, Social Competency, and the Capacity to Use Social Support
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    Chapter 8 Social Support as a Determinant of Marital Quality
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    Chapter 9 Parental Characteristics as Influences on Adjustment in Adulthood
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    Chapter 10 Compensatory Processes in the Social Networks of Older Adults
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    Chapter 11 What Is Supportive about Social Support?
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    Chapter 12 The Impact of Marital and Social Network Support on Quality of Parenting
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    Chapter 13 The Mutual Influence of Family Support and Youth Adaptation
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    Chapter 14 The Relation of Family Support to Adolescents’ Psychological Distress and Behavior Problems
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    Chapter 15 Social Support in Postdivorce Families
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    Chapter 16 Social Support and Pregnancy
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    Chapter 17 Social Support and Social Coping in Couples
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    Chapter 18 Social Support and Preventive and Therapeutic Interventions
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    Chapter 19 Family Stress and Social Support among Caregivers to Persons with Alzheimer’s Disease
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    Chapter 20 The Role of Attachment in Perceived Support and the Stress and Coping Process
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    Chapter 21 The Role of Family and Peer Relationships in Adolescent Substance Use
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Chapter title
What Is Supportive about Social Support?
Chapter number 11
Book title
Handbook of Social Support and the Family
Published by
Springer, Boston, MA, January 1996
DOI 10.1007/978-1-4899-1388-3_11
Book ISBNs
978-1-4899-1390-6, 978-1-4899-1388-3
Authors

Richard M. Ryan, Jessica A. Solky, Ryan, Richard M., Solky, Jessica A.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 22 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 36%
Student > Master 3 14%
Lecturer > Senior Lecturer 1 5%
Other 1 5%
Student > Bachelor 1 5%
Other 3 14%
Unknown 5 23%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 11 50%
Medicine and Dentistry 3 14%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 5%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1 5%
Unspecified 1 5%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 5 23%