Gender and the health-sustaining and stress-reducing functions of social support: A south African study

Journal of Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 193-208

  Pretorius, T B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

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