Social support: Conceptual issues and assessment strategies

Assessment in Behavioral Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 161-178

  van Sonderen, Eric ^a   Sanderman, Robbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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