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Handbook of social support and the family /

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This handbook provides the first collation and integration of social support and family research. Eminent researchers from these fields address conceptual and methodological issues; the role of social support in family relationships; stress; clinical problems; and support needs for families. With it...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Pierce, Gregory R., Sarason, Barbara R., Sarason, Irwin G.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Plenum Press, 1996.
Series:Plenum series on stress and coping.
Subjects:
Families.
Child rearing.
Social interaction in children.
Social psychology.
Famille.
Éducation des enfants.
Interaction sociale chez l'enfant.
Psychologie sociale.
Gezin.
Sociale steun.
Interaction sociale.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Conceptualizing and assessing social support in the context of the family / Gregory R. Pierce ... [et al.]
  • Information processing approaches to the study of relationship and social support schemata / Penny L. Yee ... [et al.]
  • Social support in marriage : a cognitive perspective / Steven R.H. Beach ... [et al.]
  • Social support in its cultural context / Peggy Dilworth-Anderson and Sheree Marshall
  • The neglected links between marital support and marital satisfaction / Linda K. Acitelli
  • The socialization of emotional support skills in childhood / Brant R. Burleson and Adrianne W. Kunkel
  • Attachment, social competency, and the capacity to use social support / Helen M. Coble, Diana L. Gantt, and Brent Mallinckrodt
  • Social support as a determinant of marital quality : the interplay of negative and supportive behaviors / Carolyn E. Cutrona
  • Parental characteristics as influences on adjustment in adulthood / Gordon Parker and Gemma L. Gladstone
  • Compensatory processes in the social networks of older adults / Karen S. Rook and Tonya L. Schuster
  • What is supportive about social support? On the psychological needs for autonomy and relatedness / Richard M. Ryan and Jessica A. Solky
  • The impact of marital and social network support on quality of parenting / Ronald L. Simons and Christine Johnson
  • The mutual influence of family support and youth adaptation / Christine Timko and Rudolf H. Moos
  • The relation of family support to adolescents' psychological distress and behavior problems / Manuel Barrera, Jr., and Susan A. Li
  • Social support in postdivorce families : an attachment perspective / Inge Bretherton, Reghan Walsh, and Molly Lependorf
  • Social support and pregnancy : a comprehensive review focusing on ethnicity and culture / Christine Dunkel-Schetter ... [et al.]
  • Social support and social coping in couples / Stevan E. Hobfoll ... [et al.]
  • Social support and preventive and therapeutic interventions / Brian Lakey and Catherine J. Lutz
  • Family stress and social support among caregivers to persons with alzheimer's disease / Karl Pillemer and Jill Suitor
  • The role of attachment in perceived support and the stress and coping process / J.T. Ptacek
  • The role of family and peer relationships in adolescent substance use / Thomas A. Wills, John Mariani, and Marnie Filer.