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The MOS social support survey.
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The development and evaluation of a brief, multidimensional, self-administered, social support survey that was developed for patients in the Medical Outcomes Study (MOS), a two-year study of patients with chronic conditions is described.About:
This article is published in Social Science & Medicine.The article was published on 1991-01-01. It has received 5617 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Social support & Social relation.read more
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The brief resilience scale: assessing the ability to bounce back.
Bruce W. Smith,Jeanne Dalen,Kathryn T. Wiggins,Erin M. Tooley,Paulette J. Christopher,Jennifer F. Bernard +5 more
TL;DR: The brief resilience scale (BRS) is a reliable means of assessing resilience as the ability to bounce back or recover from stress and may provide unique and important information about people coping with health-related stressors.
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Psychological sequelae of the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York City
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The effect of patient race and socio-economic status on physicians' perceptions of patients.
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Predicting Chemotherapy Toxicity in Older Adults With Cancer: A Prospective Multicenter Study
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Performance of an Abbreviated Version of the Lubben Social Network Scale Among Three European Community-Dwelling Older Adult Populations
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TL;DR: Evaluating the performance of an abbreviated version of the Lubben Social Network Scale (LSNS-6), which was used to screen for social isolation among community-dwelling older adult populations in three European countries, concludes that abbreviated scales such as the LSNS- 6 should be considered for inclusion in practice protocols of gerontological practitioners.
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Stress, social support, and the buffering hypothesis.
Sheldon Cohen,Thomas Ashby Wills +1 more
TL;DR: There is evidence consistent with both main effect and main effect models for social support, but each represents a different process through which social support may affect well-being.
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Social networks, host resistance, and mortality: a nine-year follow-up study of Alameda County residents
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