Stressors, Social Support, and Stress Reactions: A Meta-Analysis
Description:
This study examined, via a meta-analysis, the relations among stressors, social support, and stress reactions. Unexpectedly, small to medium negative, but robust effect sizes were found for the stressors-social support relation. As expected the stressor-stress reaction relation was positive, and the social support-stress reaction relation was negative. Both relations had small to medium effect sizes that ranged from weak to very robust. The direct effect of social support on the stressor-stress…
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Date:
August 2006
Creator:
Piper, Lynn J.
Partner:
UNT Libraries