Social support research proliferated across multiple disciplines for more than a half century.
This growth, as well as disciplinary differences, resulted in mixed views, conceptualizations …

The authors highlighted the importance of viewing cancer from a relationship perspective.
This perspective not only considers the marital relationship as a resource that individual …

Close and caring relationships are undeniably linked to health and well-being at all stages
in the life span. Yet the specific pathways through which close relationships promote optimal …

The goals of this study were to (i) examine the association of social support and strain with
psychological well-being and health,(ii) investigate whether these associations depended …

The authors evaluated the impact of receiving social support on subsequent levels of
perceived social support and psychological distress in 2 independent samples of victims of …

This study used structural equation modeling to examine the relationship between multiple
sources of social support (eg, partner, family, and friends), optimism, and well-being among …

Expressions of support between partners may be more commonplace than heroic, but their
cumulative effects on the growth of trust, enduring love, and commitment can be …

Over 400 married couples participated in a 3-year prospective study of economic pressure
and marital relations. The research (a) empirically evaluated the family stress model of …

Abstract Romantic couples (N= 194) participated in an investigation of caregiving processes
in adulthood. In Phase 1, couple members completed questionnaires designed to identify …

Most observers agree that marriage in America has been changing. Some think it is in
decline, that the growth of individualism has made it increasingly difficult to achieve …