1st Edition

The Meaning And Measurement Of Support

Edited By Hans O. Veiel, Urs Baumann Copyright 1992
342 Pages
by Taylor & Francis

342 Pages
by Taylor & Francis

342 Pages
by Taylor & Francis

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.

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

Biography

Hans O. Veiel, Urs Baumann