Despite a very large and growing literature demonstrating the significance of social support for health and well-being, surprisingly little is known about the social distribution of this crucial resou
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Despite a very large and growing literature demonstrating the significance of social support for health and well-being, surprisingly little is known about the social distribution of this crucial resource.
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Supporting evidence — 4 representative gaps
- Social support in women with fibromyalgia: Is quality more important than quantity? (2004) · doi
Future research should examine longitudinal changes in quality of social support and the corresponding changes in health status and psychological well‐being, as well as the effects of integrating manipulations designed to affect the quality of social support into community interventions designed to enhance the well‐being of women with FMS.
Keywords: well changes quality social support designed future examine longitudinal corresponding health status psychological effects integrating - Receiving instrumental support at work: When help is not welcome. (2003) · doi
Although the role of social support in promoting employees' health and well-being has been studied extensively, the evidence is inconsistent, sometimes even suggesting that social support might have negative effects.
Keywords: social support role promoting employees health well studied extensively evidence inconsistent sometimes even suggesting negative - Social Support and Social Structure: A Descriptive Epidemiology (1994) · doi
Despite a very large and growing literature demonstrating the significance of social support for health and well-being, surprisingly little is known about the social distribution of this crucial resource.
Keywords: social despite large growing literature demonstrating significance support health well surprisingly little known distribution crucial - Why is the receipt of social support associated with increased psychological distress? an examination of three hypotheses (1998) · doi
Abstract Although there is a great deal of research linking social support with favourable psychological well-being outcomes a number of contradictory findings have been published showing support to be associated with increased psychological distress.
Keywords: support psychological abstract there great deal linking social favourable well outcomes number contradictory published showing
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