Methodological issues in social support and social network research

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 1988, Pages 863-873

  O'Reilly, Patrick ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

conceptual definition; operationalization; reliability; social network; social support; validity

Indexed keywords

METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES; RESEARCH; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL WORK;

DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0023818029     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(88)90179-7     Document Type: Article

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