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Social support and coping: A longitudinal analysis

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  1. Social Ecology Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University and Veterans Administration Medical Centers, Palo Alto

    Mark R. Fondacaro & Rudolf H. Moos

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This work was supported by NIMH Grant MH16744, NIAAA Grants AA02863 and AA06699, Veterans Administration Medical and Health Services Research and Development Service research funds, and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. We gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Bernice Moos and Rebecca Williams for data organization and analysis and helpful comments and feedback throughout the project, Ruth Cronkite and John Finney for suggestions and references on panel model analysis, and Adrienne Juliano for help in manuscript preparation.

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Fondacaro, M.R., Moos, R.H. Social support and coping: A longitudinal analysis. Am J Commun Psychol 15, 653–673 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00929917

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