Social Support as a Focus for Integrative Research in Psychology.

Gottlieb, Benjamin H.

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Publication Date: 1983-Mar

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Social Support as a Focus for Integrative Research in Psychology.

Gottlieb, Benjamin H.

American Psychologist, v38 n3 p278-87 Mar 1983

Suggests that social support systems offer a new avenue toward primary prevention, since social networks provide social meaning and psychological import to the term "community." Examines the nature and health protective effects of social support in the light of the historical evolution of community psychology as a discipline. (Author/AOS)

Descriptors: Community Cooperation, Community Resources, Environmental Influences, Health, Intervention, Prevention, Public Health, Social Networks, Social Psychology, Social Support Groups

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Language: English

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