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Support System

Known as: social support, supports system, support systems 
A network of family, friends, neighbors, and community members that is available in times of need to give psychological, physical, and financial help… 
National Institutes of Health

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Review
2003
Review
2003
Does Early Psychological Intervention Promote Recovery From Posttraumatic Stress?
In the wake of the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center, more than 9,000 counselors went to New York City to offer aid to… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
The Association of Coping to Physical and Psychological Health Outcomes: A Meta-Analytic Review
We performed a series of meta-analyses examining the associations between coping and health-related outcomes in nonclinical adult… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Social relationships, social support, and patterns of cognitive aging in healthy, high-functioning older adults: MacArthur studies of successful aging.
This study examines the relationship of social ties and support to patterns of cognitive aging in the MacArthur Studies of… 
Review
1991
Review
1991
Social factors and psychopathology: stress, social support, and coping processes.
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DISTRESS AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY: A CHANGING VIEW 403 Focus on Diagnosis… 
Review
1988
Review
1988
Psychosocial functioning and depression: distinguishing among antecedents, concomitants, and consequences.
In this article we attempt to distinguish empirically between psycho-social variables that are concomitants of depression, and… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Role of social support in the experience of stress at work.
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Personality and social resources in stress resistance.
This study examined personality, social assets, and perceived social support as moderators of the effects of stressful life… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
The Development of an Instrument to Measure Social Support
This article describes the development of a new instrument, the Norbeck Social Support Questionnaire, designed to measure… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
The family as a social support system in old age.
The cultures and the subcultures of a society define both the needs of its members and the ways in which these needs are to be… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Social Support and Health
IN HUMAN COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, what is the function of social support in the etiology, precipitation, course and recovery from… 
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