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Dr. Barrera completed this paper during his sabbatical stay at the University of California, San Francisco. His sabbatical was partially funded by a National Research Council postdoctoral fellowship sponsored by the Ford Foundation. The author gratefully acknowledges the assistance of John Dignam, Ricardo Munoz, Jane Norbeck, Diana Oxley, and Lonnie Snowden who provided critical comments on a preliminary version of the manuscript.

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Barrera, M. Distinctions between social support concepts, measures, and models. Am J Commun Psychol 14, 413–445 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00922627

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