Social Support Measurement and Intervention

A Guide for Health and Social Scientists

Sheldon Cohen, Lynn G. Underwood, Benjamin H. Gottlieb (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

368 Seiten

2000
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-512670-9 (ISBN)

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The natural human tendency to care for fellow humans, to support them with social networks, has proven to be a powerful treatment. This study provides contemporary research on the effects of social support interventions on physical and mental health.

Surgery and pharmaceuticals are not the only effective procedures we have to improve our health. The natural human tendency to care for fellow humans, to support them with social networks, has proven to be a powerful treatment as well. This book, will provide the most up to date research on the effects of social support interventions on physical and mental health.

Contributors
Part I. Theoretical and Historical Perspectives
1: Sheldon Cohen, Benjamin H. Gottlieb, and Lynn G. Underwood: Social Relationships and Health
Part II. Social Support Measures
2: Brian Lakey and Sheldon Cohen: Social Support Theory and Measurement
3: Ian Brissette, Sheldon Cohen, and Teresa E. Seeman: Measuring Social Integration and Social Networks
4: Thomas A. Wills and Ori Shinar: Measuring Perceived and Received Social Support
5: Harry T. Reis and Nancy Collins: Measuring Relationship Properties and Interactions Relevant to Social Support
Part III. Social Support Interventions
6: Benjamin H. Gottlieb: Selecting and Planning Support Interventions
7: Vicki S. Helgeson and Benjamin H. Gottlieb: Support Groups
8: John Eckenrode and Stephen Hamilton: One-to-One Support Interventions: Home Visitation and Mentoring
9: Carolyn E. Cutrona and Valerie Cole: Optimizing Support in the Natural Network
Part IV. Implications
10: Karen S. Rook and Lynn G. Underwood: Social Support Measurement and Interventions: Comments and Future Directions
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	9.11.2000
Zusatzinfo	9 line illustrations
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	237 x 161 mm
Gewicht	630 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
ISBN-10	0-19-512670-X / 019512670X
ISBN-13	978-0-19-512670-9 / 9780195126709
Zustand	Neuware