Social Support and Health

Part I. Issues In The Study Of Social Support -- Issues In The Study And Application Of Social Support / Sheldon Cohen And S. Leonard Syme -- Social Networks And Social Support / Alan Hall And Barry Wellman -- Social Structure And Processes Of Social Support / Leonard I. Pearlin -- Supportive Functions Of Interpersonal Relationships / Thomas Ashby Wills -- Measures And Concepts Of Social Support / James S. House And Robert L. Kahn -- Causal Inference In The Study Of Social Support / David Dooley -- Part Ii. Social Support Through The Life Cycle -- Social Support Through The Life Course / Richard Schulz And Marie T. Rau -- Social Support, Family Relations, And Children / W. Thomas Boyce -- Social Support And Health In The Middle Years : Work And Family / Stanislav V. Kasl And James A. Wells -- Social Support And Health Of The Elderly / Meredith Minkler -- Part Iii. Social Support And Disease Etiology -- Social Support And Mental Health In Community Samples / Ronald C. Kessler And Jane D. Mcloed -- The Relationship Of Social Networks And Social Support In Morbidity And Mortality / Lisa F. Berkman -- Social Support And Styles Of Coping With Stress / Susan Gore -- Part Iv. Social Support Interventions And Health Policy -- The Role Of Social Support In Adaptation And Recovery From Physical Illness / Camille B. Wortman And Terry L. Conway -- Social Support And Community Mental Health / Benjamin H. Gottlieb -- Social Support And The Physical Environment / Raymond Fleming, Andrew Baum, Jerome E. Singer -- Policy Implications Of Research On Social Support And Health / Charles A. Kiesler. Edited By Sheldon Cohen, S. Leonard Syme. Includes Bibliographies And Indexes.