Social Support as an Interpersonal Construct

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 246-255

  Trobst, Krista K ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agency and communion; Interpersonal circumplex model; Interpersonal theory; Resource exchange; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033261063     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027//1015-5759.15.3.246     Document Type: Article

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