Full Description
Contains papers from an international symposium held at the Werner Reimers Foundation in Bad Homburg, Germany in May 1990. They address the concern that social support research has fragmented into separate areas and that there is a lack of definition concerning social support.
Contents
Contributors, Preface, 1. The Many Meanings of Social Support, I: Support and Network Concepts in Context, II: Support and Health: The Evidence, III: Models of the Support Process, IV: Nonsupport, V: Assessment and Analysis, VI: Support Interventions, VII: Conclusion, Subject Index
