Social support and physical health: understanding the health consequences of relationships
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Main Author: Uchino, Bert N. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven Yale University Press c2004
Series:Current perspectives in psychology
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-213) and index
Introduction and historical perspectives -- The meaning and measurement of social support -- Theoretical perspectives linking social support to health outcomes -- Social support and all-cause mortality -- Social support and mortality from specific diseases -- Pathways linking social support to health outcomes -- Intervention implications -- Future directions and conclusions
Uchino discusses links between social support & mortality from cardiovascular disease, cancer, & HIV/AIDS. He investigates whether social support is more effective for some individuals & within certain cultures
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (ix, 222 p.)
ISBN:0300102186
0300127987
9780300102185
9780300127980

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