Relationship-Specific and Global Perceptions of Social Support: Associations with Well-Being and Attachment

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 468-481

  Davis, Mark H ^a   Morris, Marie Militana ^b   Kraus, Linda A ^b  

^a ECKERD COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBJECT RELATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031988889     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.74.2.468     Document Type: Article

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