Assessing social support, Companionship, And distress: National institute of health (NIH) toolbox adult social relationship scales

Health Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 293-301

  Cyranowski, Jill M ^a   Zill, Nicholas ^b   Bode, Rita ^c   Butt, Zeeshan ^c   Kelly, Morgen A R ^a,d   Pilkonis, Paul A ^a   Salsman, John M ^c   Cella, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WESTAT   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Companionship; Loneliness; Social distress; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FRIENDSHIP; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTERNAL VALIDITY; LONELINESS; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH TOOLBOX ADULT SOCIAL RELATIONSHIP SCALES; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STRESS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881101499     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028586     Document Type: Article

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