Open AccessPsychic Coping Behaviour and the Role of Social Support
Author(s) -
T.I. Oei
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
international journal of social psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.869
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1741-2854
pISSN - 0020-7640
DOI - 10.1177/002076408703300101
Subject(s) - psychic , social support , psychology , coping (psychology) , perspective (graphical) , social psychology , developmental psychology , psychotherapist , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , artificial intelligence , computer science
After defining the social support concept this article discusses some studies of its significance in relation to psychic functioning. Correct conception and operationlisation of social support is urged. Only then can some aspects of social support be studied in the clinical and the epidemiological perspective.
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