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- Discusses the role of social support in health promotion and disease
- prevention, based on theoretical and empirical data linking social
- support and health status. A number of hypotheses and studies are
- described, which suggest that social support may play a crucial health
- promoting role in (1) helping individuals cope with stressful life
- events or (2) contributing to a general sense of coherence and control
- over destiny that appears to be connected with health and well-being.
- Discussed are unanswered questions in conceptualization and
- methodology. It is suggested that an alliance is necessary between
- social policy and social support. (PsycLIT Database Copyright 1988
- American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved)
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