The development and validation of the sense of support scale

Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 169-179

  Dolbier, Christyn L ^a   Steinhardt, Mary A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Department of Kinesiology and Health Education ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; STUDENT; SUPPORT GROUP; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0034097320     PISSN: 08964289     EISSN: 19404026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08964280009595746     Document Type: Article

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