Name: Social Support: Theory, Research and Applications
ISBN: 978-94-009-5115-0

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Irwin G. Sarason⁰,
Barbara R. Sarason¹

Irwin G. Sarason
1. University of Washington, Seattle, USA
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Part of the book series: NATO Science Series D: (ASID, volume 24)

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Table of contents (25 chapters)

Front Matter

Pages I-XIII

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Theoretical and Methodological Issues
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 1-1
  
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2. Conceptual and Theoretical Dilemmas Facing Social Support Research
  
  Brian L. Wilcox, Eric M. Vernberg
  
  Pages 3-20
3. Social Support: Theoretical Advances, Recent Findings and Pressing Issues
  
  Toni C. Antonucci
  
  Pages 21-37
4. Social Support — Insights From Assessment and Experimentation
  
  Irwin G. Sarason, Barbara R. Sarason
  
  Pages 39-50
5. Social Support and Psychological Well-Being: Theoretical Possibilities
  
  Peggy A. Thoits
  
  Pages 51-72
6. Measuring the Functional Components of Social Support
  
  Sheldon Cohen, Robin Mermelstein, Tom Kamarck, Harry M. Hoberman
  
  Pages 73-94
7. Social Support and Social Health
  
  Robert M. Kaplan
  
  Pages 95-113
Human Development, Personality and Social Networks
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 115-115
  
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2. Social Networks and the Ecology of Human Development: Theory, Research and Application
  
  Barton J. Hirsch
  
  Pages 117-136
3. Longitudinal Course of Social Support Among Men in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging
  
  Paul T. Costa Jr., Alan B. Zonderman, Robert R. McCrae
  
  Pages 137-154
4. Intimacy, Social Support, and Locus of Control as Moderators of Stress
  
  Herbert M. Lefcourt
  
  Pages 155-171
5. Coping Styles, Social Support and Sex-Differences
  
  P. B. Defares, M. Brandjes, C. H. Th. Nass, J. D. van der Ploeg
  
  Pages 173-186
6. A Conceptualization of Professional Women’s Interpersonal Fields: Social Support, Reference Groups, and Persons-To-Be-Reckoned-With
  
  Jeanne M. Plas, Kathleen V. Hoover-Dempsey, Barbara Strudler Wallston
  
  Pages 187-204
7. From Social Support to Social Network
  
  Barry Wellman, Robert Hiscott
  
  Pages 205-222
Loneliness and Perceived Support
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 223-223
  
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2. The Psychology of Loneliness: Some Personality Issues in the Study of Social Support
  
  Warren H. Jones
  
  Pages 225-241
3. The Functions of Social Bonds: Perspectives From Research on Social Support, Loneliness and Social Isolation
  
  Karen S. Rook
  
  Pages 243-267
4. Loneliness Research: Basic Concepts and Findings
  
  Letitia Anne Peplau
  
  Pages 269-286
5. Perceived Support and Social Interaction Among Friends and Confidants
  
  Kenneth Heller, Brian Lakey
  
  Pages 287-300

About this book

"No one is rich enough to do without a neighbor." Traditional Danish Proverb This bit of Danish folk wisdom expresses an idea underlying much of the current thinking about social support. While the clinical literature has for a long time recognized the deleterious effects of unwholesome social relationships, only more recently has the focus broadened to include the positive side of social interaction, those interpersonal ties that are desired, rewarding, and protective. This book contains theoretical and research contributions by a group of scholars who are charting this side of the social spectrum. Evidence is increasing that maladaptive ways of thinking and behaving occur disproportionately among people with few social supports. Rather than sapping self-reliance, strong ties with others particularly family members seem to encourage it. Reliance on others and self-reliance are not only compatible but complementary to one another. While the mechanism by which an intimate relationship is protective has yet to be worked out, the following factors seem to be involved: intimacy, social integration through shared concerns, reassurance of worth, the opportunity to be nurtured by others, a sense of reliable alliance, and guidance. The major advance that is taking place in the literature on social support is that reliance is being -placed less on anecdotal and clinical evidence and more on empirical inquiry. The chapters of this book reflect this important development and identify the frontiers that are currently being explored.

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University of Washington, Seattle, USA

Irwin G. Sarason, Barbara R. Sarason

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Book Title: Social Support: Theory, Research and Applications
Editors: Irwin G. Sarason, Barbara R. Sarason
Series Title: NATO Science Series D:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5115-0
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Dordrecht 1985
Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-247-3162-6Published: 30 April 1985
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-8761-2Published: 19 October 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-5115-0Published: 11 November 2013
Series ISSN: 0258-123X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 520
Topics: Public Health

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Front Matter

Theoretical and Methodological Issues

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Human Development, Personality and Social Networks

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Loneliness and Perceived Support

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University of Washington, Seattle, USA

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