Social support interventions: Do they work?

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 381-440

  Hogan, Brenda E ^a   Linden, Wolfgang ^a   Najarian, Bahman ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SHAHID CHAMRAN UNIVERSITY OF AHVAZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Efficacy; Intervention; Social support

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; REVIEW; SKILL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUPPORT GROUP; TEACHING; TELEPHONE; TRAINING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CLINICAL TRIALS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036139482     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7358(01)00102-7     Document Type: Article

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