Social Support: Theory, Research and Applications

"No one is rich enough to do without a neighbor." Traditional Danish Proverb This bit of Danish folk wisdom expresses an idea underlying much of the current thinking about social support. While the clinical literature has for a long time recognized the deleterious effects of unwholesome social relationships, only more recently has the focus broadened to include the positive side of social interaction, those interpersonal ties that are desired, rewarding,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9024731623
• ISBN13: 9789024731626
• Release Date: April 1985
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 520 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"