Social Support Measurement and Intervention

A Guide for Health and Social Scientists

Herausgeber: Cohen, Sheldon; Gottlieb, Benjamin H; Underwood, Lynn G
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Surgery and pharmaceuticals are not the only effective procedures we have to improve our health. The natural human tendency to care for fellow humans, to support them with social networks, has proven to be a powerful treatment as well. As a result, the areas of application for social support intervention have expanded dramatically during the past 20 years. As these areas have expanded, so too has the literature on the theory and measurement of social support. Yet, the literature has focussed on very particular areas. Investigators in the social sciences have mainly focused on the protection th...