The relationship of social support and health

Mother's postnatal stress: an investigation of links to various factors during pregnancy and post‐partum

“…Women with depressive symptoms were almost six times more likely to score above the 75th percentile in the subscale Social isolation , compared to women without depressive symptoms; this is in line with earlier research that found that psychological distress and anxiety predicted stress in social isolation . It is well known that social support has a buffering effect on mental disorder, and it seems that social support has an effect on parenting and socialisation .…”

Mother's postnatal stress: an investigation of links to various factors during pregnancy and post‐partum

“…Women with depressive symptoms were almost six times more likely to score above the 75th percentile in the subscale Social isolation , compared to women without depressive symptoms; this is in line with earlier research that found that psychological distress and anxiety predicted stress in social isolation . It is well known that social support has a buffering effect on mental disorder, and it seems that social support has an effect on parenting and socialisation .…”

Social Support and the Significance of Shared Experience in Refugee Migration and Resettlement

“…The concepts of appraisal and affirmation both imply shared states that help bridge the experiential gap for individuals in stressful transitional situations such as migration and help explain the relative value of sources of social support. Like appraisal, by which support is evaluated positively or negatively as useful, credible, and reliable (Bloom, 1990;Stewart, 1993), affirmation describes a feedback process between the support provider and recipient. The affirmational role of social support is further suggested by social learning theory in which peers act as role models valued for their experiential knowledge (Stewart, 1993).…”

“…Its perceived availability encourages benign appraisal of stressful situations and likely checks the onset of detrimental emotional reactions (Thoits, 1986). Social support is considered not only a stress buffer but also an actively sought resource (Bloom, 1990). In a definition that touches on its relational aspects, social support also has been described as "socially mediated coping" (Gottlieb, 1988).…”

The impact of a volunteer community care project in a primary health care setting

“……”

Mother's postnatal stress: an investigation of links to various factors during pregnancy and post‐partum

“…Women with depressive symptoms were almost six times more likely to score above the 75th percentile in the subscale Social isolation , compared to women without depressive symptoms; this is in line with earlier research that found that psychological distress and anxiety predicted stress in social isolation . It is well known that social support has a buffering effect on mental disorder, and it seems that social support has an effect on parenting and socialisation .…”

Social Support and the Significance of Shared Experience in Refugee Migration and Resettlement

“…The concepts of appraisal and affirmation both imply shared states that help bridge the experiential gap for individuals in stressful transitional situations such as migration and help explain the relative value of sources of social support. Like appraisal, by which support is evaluated positively or negatively as useful, credible, and reliable (Bloom, 1990;Stewart, 1993), affirmation describes a feedback process between the support provider and recipient. The affirmational role of social support is further suggested by social learning theory in which peers act as role models valued for their experiential knowledge (Stewart, 1993).…”

“…Its perceived availability encourages benign appraisal of stressful situations and likely checks the onset of detrimental emotional reactions (Thoits, 1986). Social support is considered not only a stress buffer but also an actively sought resource (Bloom, 1990). In a definition that touches on its relational aspects, social support also has been described as "socially mediated coping" (Gottlieb, 1988).…”

The impact of a volunteer community care project in a primary health care setting

“……”

Mother's postnatal stress: an investigation of links to various factors during pregnancy and post‐partum

“…Women with depressive symptoms were almost six times more likely to score above the 75th percentile in the subscale Social isolation , compared to women without depressive symptoms; this is in line with earlier research that found that psychological distress and anxiety predicted stress in social isolation . It is well known that social support has a buffering effect on mental disorder, and it seems that social support has an effect on parenting and socialisation .…”

Social Support and the Significance of Shared Experience in Refugee Migration and Resettlement

“…The concepts of appraisal and affirmation both imply shared states that help bridge the experiential gap for individuals in stressful transitional situations such as migration and help explain the relative value of sources of social support. Like appraisal, by which support is evaluated positively or negatively as useful, credible, and reliable (Bloom, 1990;Stewart, 1993), affirmation describes a feedback process between the support provider and recipient. The affirmational role of social support is further suggested by social learning theory in which peers act as role models valued for their experiential knowledge (Stewart, 1993).…”

“…Its perceived availability encourages benign appraisal of stressful situations and likely checks the onset of detrimental emotional reactions (Thoits, 1986). Social support is considered not only a stress buffer but also an actively sought resource (Bloom, 1990). In a definition that touches on its relational aspects, social support also has been described as "socially mediated coping" (Gottlieb, 1988).…”

The impact of a volunteer community care project in a primary health care setting

“……”